The boundary of a solar system is not defined by planets, but by gravity. Beyond Pluto and the Kuiper Belt lies the Oort ...

NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope has captured infant planets colliding around Fomalhaut, one of the brightest stars in the night ...

Astronomers are closing in on one of the most tantalizing possibilities in planetary science, evidence that a previously ...

Mercury has long baffled astronomers because it defies much of what we know about planet formation. A new space mission ...

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 ...

There have been questions about a mysterious ninth planet in our solar system for nearly a decade. Pluto was unseated as number nine in 2006. Now, a group of international researchers say they may ...

By tracking tiny stellar wobbles, astronomers have detected planets forming around young stars for the first time.

While surveying distant worlds beyond our solar system, researchers unexpectedly obtained the first direct images showing ...

Ever wondered how planetary systems like our own solar system form? Thanks to the European Space Agency's Gaia space ...

The upcoming year will offer a blood-red moon, spectacular meteor showers and the first glimpse of the sun’s corona since ...