A few decades ago, the Solar System had nine planets, but in 2006 the International ... its potential presence could help solve many astronomical puzzles, including the peculiar inclination ...

Extrasolar planets contextualise the Solar System among a large number of planetary systems with very different properties. Many extrasolar planets show characteristics which are not realised in the ...

Take a look behind the scenes and find out how The Planets team brought the worlds of the Solar System to life. BBC Two’s The Planets features spectacular reconstructions of the most dramatic ...

Watch this video to find out more about the Earth, planets in our Solar System and other planets far off in outer space. From up here on the International Space Station I get a great view of Earth.

What drives us to send probes throughout the solar system and rovers and landers to Mars? It's not cheap, and it's not easy.

Neptune lies in the frigid, dark, vast frontier of the outer edges of our solar system, about 3 billion miles away from the ...

The results are consistent with models of how the Solar System’s giant planets formed. There are two models for planet formation, known as top-down and bottom-up. It’s thought those in the ...

“When compared to our solar system, each of the four planets are inside the distance of Mercury’s orbit,” Basant said. The planets closely orbit Barnard’s Star, zipping around their ...

Using advanced simulations, the researchers propose that these planets emerge from distinct rings of planetesimals, providing fresh insight into planetary evolution beyond our solar system.