All living things on earth benefit from the light and heat of the 'sun' floating in the sky. Kurzgesagt, a scientific YouTube channel, explains in an animated movie the possibility that a giant star ...

Our sun, currently in its prime, is expected to shine for another 5 billion years. Eventually, it will transform into a red giant, potentially engulfing inner planets. Afterward, it will become a ...

When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...

A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

The bold question-askers at What If examine what could happen if we moved the entire solar system. Don’t expect correct ...

The bold question-askers at What If explore what could happen if a quasar entered our solar system. 4 dead, 20 injured in ...

Amir Siraj and team propose Planet Y, a possible unseen planet influencing Kuiper Belt object orbits. Vera C. Rubin ...

Normal gases, like the air you breathe on Earth, are made up of atoms bouncing around. Atoms consist of a positively charged bundle of particles called the nucleus and negatively charged particles ...

A new study suggests yet another theory for a possible extra planet in our solar system, likely of a size between Mercury and ...