Long ago, a planetary object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have once visited the solar system and altered […] The post ...

Its immense heat and radiation can be very dangerous, which is why it is good that we are a distance away from it that we are ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

A rare celestial event is captivating stargazers as six planets align in a striking display, says Professor Chandana ...

Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but get a telescope and you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's ...

In Earth's upper atmosphere, a fast-moving band of air called the jet stream blows with winds of more than 275 miles (442 km) ...

Images captured by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory have revealed that "coronal loops" give off subtle flashes of ...

A new study claims it is possible an "alien visitor" could have warped our solar system during its earliest years.

Hola, mis amigos de la ciencia! This week, researchers reported that hominins strode bipedally across Europe 500,000 years ...

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.

Referred to as a planetary parade or alignment, this celestial event occurs when multiple planets in our solar system appear ...