A group of astronomers from across the globe, including a team from the University of Washington and led by Queen's ...

Astronomers have revealed new research showing that millions of new solar system objects are likely to be detected by a brand-new facility, which is expected to come online later this year.

Always Above,” a new full-dome movie, will be shown twice -- as part of a Saturday afternoon double feature -- during June at ...

In around 7-and-a-half billion years our Sun will become a red giant and drastically expand in size. That means it will eventually consume Earth, however experts now say there could be other ways our ...

Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to ...

Prepare to be mesmerized by breathtaking 4K orbital views that offer an unprecedented window into the beauty and wonder of ...

Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006. 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 ...

But that includes exoplanets, alien worlds that orbit alien suns. Only eight planets call our solar system home. Or there might still be nine if some astronomers are correct about an as-yet ...

All of our solar system’s planets are lining up to parade through the night sky at once. This extraordinary celestial event will see the sky scattered with seven visible planets in what is known ...

Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, is one of the most breathtaking sights in our solar system. With stunning visuals captured by the Cassini probe, explore this gas giant in incredible 4K ...

The solar system is approximately 4.6 billion years old. Astronomers believe that roughly 100 million years into its existence, the planets first began to form in a rotating, flat cloud of gas ...

While we have a precise (and probably accurate) age for the solar system, we do not have precise ages for each planet. The solar system’s age comes from radiometric dating of rock samples from ...