Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn should be visible to the naked eye, but with a telescope you can spot Neptune and Uranus.

Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...

If planets had social media accounts, the solar system would showcase a frenzy of unique personalities. Mercury tweets at ...

The article humorously imagines how planets would describe themselves if they were dating profiles. Each planet has a unique ...

Jan. 15, 2025 — New observational data and simulation models have confirmed a new type of planet unlike anything found in the Solar System. This provides another piece of the puzzle to ...

February will be an awe-inspiring month for astronomy enthusiasts who will be able to the see the solar system's planets ...

stretched-out orbit in the outer reaches of the solar system. This potential planet, which they’ve dubbed Planet Nine, is thought to be about 10 times the mass of Earth and orbits the sun at an ...

To understand the Snapchat planet order, you will first have to imagine the exotic solar system that revolves around the Sun. Just like every planet in the solar system revolves around the Sun, here ...

The solar system consists of stars, the Sun, 8 planets, dozens of moons, millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids. It orbits the centre of the Milky Way galaxy at about 515,000 mph.

More information: Emily Simpson et al, How might a planet between Mars and Jupiter influence the inner solar system? Effects on orbital motion, obliquity, and eccentricity, Icarus (2024). DOI: 10. ...

It is the fastest wind ever measured in a jetstream that goes around a planet. In comparison, the fastest wind ever measured in the Solar System was found on Neptune, moving at 'only' 0.5 km per ...