The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Mercury orbits ...
An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...
Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...
Worlds will align for a "planetary parade" in January, with four bright and easily visible to the naked eye. But an even ...
Our Solar System is a carefully balanced celestial dance held together by a virtually perfect balance of gravity and inertia.