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 ...

Earth’s gravity has a lot to do with what people think is up and what is down. Things fall down toward the ground, but that ...

In our solar system, Jupiter is the undisputed king. If you added more mass to Jupiter, it wouldn’t actually get much bigger ...

Jupiter has 79 moons and is known as the 'king of the planets'. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Breaking space news, the latest ...

Scientists may have discovered a dwarf planet far beyond Neptune — an unearthing that may disprove a longstanding theory about the possibility of a giant ninth planet. The dwarf planet's existence ...

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, researchers say. The possibility that an additional planet may be hidden far into the solar system was touted more than a century ago. But ...

A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about 120 light years away, the exoplanet appears to take an unusual path around ...

Skygazers across Texas and beyond can catch a glimpse of six planets arcing across the night sky this week in a so-called planetary parade.

It was one of humanity’s greater vanities that we ever questioned whether there are any planets in the universe beyond the eight in our little solar system. Our sun is a perfectly ordinary star, ...

With a lot of talk about space recently, have you ever wondered which are the hottest planets in the solar system? You'd think the closer you are to the sun, the hotter they must be. Now that's mostly ...

Anastasios (Andy) Tzanidakis was combing through old telescope data from 2020 when he found an otherwise boring star acting ...