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Each planet in the solar system is characterized as different cricket team players, with unique behaviors and skills. Earth ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

Scientists believe that two asteroids might be fragments of long-lost "planetary embryos" from the early solar system.

Four planets will be widely visible to the naked eye through part of February, but calling them a 'planetary alignment' may not be the full picture.

Does our Solar System have 9 planets or only 8? Astronomers have gone back and forth on that a lot, with Pluto now being classified as a dwarf planet. However, out beyond Neptune there could be ...

The formation of our solar system from a singular nebula raises an intriguing question: why did each planet develop with a ...

February will be an awe-inspiring month for astronomy enthusiasts who will be able to the see the solar system's planets ...

Astronomers may have discovered a scrawny star bolting through the middle of our galaxy with a planet in tow. If confirmed, ...

For the first time, astronomers have imaged dozens of belts around nearby stars where comets and tiny pebbles within them are ...

It is not often that all the planets in the Solar System other than ours are lined up across the night sky for us to see.