"With an orbital period of 570 days, it is a relatively cold gas giant planet," said Guðmundur Stefánsson of the University ...

Dune filmmaker, Denis Villeneuve, opens up about his grief following the passing of David Lynch. Read his full comments here.

Mercury takes only 88 Earth days to orbit the sun.

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.

Our Solar System is simple—one star, planets orbiting around it. But what happens in a system with multiple stars? Scientists ...

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

Astronomers discovered the gas giant planet — dubbed a "hot Jupiter " — in 2016, but have continued to investigate this ...

If planets had social media accounts, the solar system would showcase a frenzy of unique personalities. Mercury tweets at ...

The OSIRIS-REx mission returned to the sample to Earth in September of 2023, and these studies show that it contains amino ...

If the solar system had a corporate structure, Jupiter would be the CEO, while Saturn ensures rules are followed. Venus ...

The rover's 26th sample, known as "Silver Mountain," has textures "unlike anything we've seen before," NASA says.

The planetary parade in February 2025 will see five bright planets in clear view and a special alignment of Mercury and Saturn ...