An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

NASA's quest for extraterrestrial life has unveiled numerous Earth-like exoplanets in habitable zones, providing exciting prospects for discovering life beyond our solar system. Gliese 667Cc ...

Stunning pictures of Mercury have been published revealing the sunlit plains and possibly icy craters of the smallest planet in the solar system ... beamed back to Earth showed possibly icy ...

This mysterious ninth planet could be found within the next ‘two years’, one expert said (Picture: Getty Images/iStockphoto ... in our solar system: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter ...

A spacecraft operated by the European Space Agency and Japan made its final fly-by over the planet ... on Earth.’ The craters pictured are among the coldest parts of the solar system (Picture ...

The images, which reveal the depths ... areas are some of the coldest places in the solar system, despite the fact that Mercury is the closest planet to the sun. Previous observations suggested ...

The comet, named C/2024 G3 (ATLAS), made its closest approach to Earth on Tuesday (Jan. 14) when it came within 88 million miles (142 million kilometers) of our planet. A day earlier, it reached ...

The sun's distance from Earth changes throughout the year ... For some bodies, like all of the planets of the solar system, the difference between the perihelion and aphelion is quite negligible.

Science fiction has delivered some of the scariest and strangest soundtracks in cinema history. Our classical music critic picks the best ...

If your game looks remotely interesting and costs $5 or less, I will probably buy it. This isn’t a super smart philosophy on ...

With next-generation telescopes, tiny space probes, and more, scientists aim to search for life beyond our solar system ... planets than there are stars, and at least a quarter are Earth-size ...

Accessible to anyone the world over, witnessing the majesty of the solar system, including the Milky Way, and its billions of stars and planets ... the earth came in 1959 and thankfully things have ...