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With its beautiful rings, Saturn may be the most stunning planet in the solar system. It is the sixth planet from the sun and ...

An international team including astronomers from the Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian (CfA) has announced the ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 in Arizona, but in 2006 scientists decided to cut Pluto from the planetary line up. Here is why ...

Space exploration missions have revealed that polar vortices aren’t uncommon beyond Earth. They’ve been observed throughout ...

The morning of April 24 will give rise to a striking mini-planetary parade, as Mercury, Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Earth's ...

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 ...

"Consider a hypothetical solar system where all the planets reside within the star's habitable zone, potentially supporting ...

A dazzling snapshot from ESO’s Paranal Observatory captures a rare sky parade — the Moon, a comet, and nearly every visible planet strung across the heavens. This celestial lineup is an optical ...

A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Located about ...

Learn about the solar system from a pair of real space museum curators in sci-fi game Elite Dangerous, as Abbie MacKinnon and ...

NEW YORK (AP) — A new Tatooine-like planet outside the solar system may orbit two failed stars, scientists reported Wednesday. Want your own personal satellite? Here’s how and what it’ll ...