NASA's Perseverance rover is exploring a new Mars region called Krokodillen, which is thought to harbor some of the oldest and most intriguing rocks on the Red Planet.

A new member of the solar system has been detected, the second-largest of its kind, suggesting there may be more like it ...

A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.

Astronomers find evidence of a possible ninth planet beyond Neptune, reigniting the debate about the formation of the Solar ...

Today, it’s believed that Jupiter and Saturn, the largest planets, were the first to fully form, both within a few million ...

For decades, our solar system was thought to have nine planets, with Pluto considered the smallest and farthest. But in 2006, ...

A new dwarf planet, discovered beyond Neptune and described as Pluto's 'cousin,' could void the hypothesis of a Planet X in ...

How our own Solar System came to be? How we could know? Telescopes, microscopes, spectrometers, and gravitational wave detectors all help to piece together the deep history of our Solar System.

But this temperature is not constant throughout the solar system. So-called "empty" space — though it is not actually empty — is far colder than planets, moons or asteroids, for example ...

What are the weirdest worlds in our solar system, and how did they come to be? From a dwarf planet that looks like a deflated football, to a tiny moon with cliffs taller than Mt. Everest ...

If you were to look at a giant picture of space, zoom in on the Milky Way galaxy, and then zoom in again on one of its outer spiral arms, you’d find the solar system. Astronomers believe it ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The Solar System is the name given to the part of space that surrounds the Sun. Even though it is bigger than ...