In a solar system far, far away NASA have discovered a planet which they think 'might be remarkably similar to Earth', though ...

Stargazers can see six planets all in one evening during the second month of the year, especially Mercury, which is usually difficult to spot.

These icy bodies orbit the sun just like the major planets, yet they follow their own rules, often traveling along elongated ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...

In space, no one can hear you scream. But just because sound can’t travel in the vacuum of space doesn’t mean that the ...

The James Webb Space Telescope is NASA’s most precise and technically proficient equipment for observing the wonders of the universe. Astronomers rely on it to unravel the deepest secrets by peaking ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Digital art of distant planet - Dottedhippo/Getty Images On August 24, 2006, our solar system lost a planet. It wasn't by ...

Earth and its neighbors orbit the sun on a relatively flat plane. But what's below this plane, and is anythign below the ...

For more than a century, popular culture has promised that humanity will spread effortlessly across the Solar System, turning ...

Carbon dioxide has been detected on a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The gas has been observed directly by the James Webb Space Telescope on four exoplanets, all belonging to the ...