How long does it take Pluto to orbit the sun? Learn more about how this planet makes one lap around our Solar System.

A recent study in Icarus suggests a wandering star could disrupt our solar system. Simulations reveal that a star passing ...

On Earth, depending on where you are, the analemma can be at different angles, though it always traces out this ...

According to the National Weather Service, the summer solstice will occur on Friday at 10:42 p.m. Eastern time (it will be ...

For those in the northern latitudes, above cities like New York and London, the planet closest to the sun, Mercury, will be near the horizon and may be washed out by the glare of dawn. In these ...

Radar and gravity records from NASA’s Magellan orbiter show that Venus' surface is still shifting and is not geologically ...

One day, the sun will die — but some planets in our ... a young star system on the verge of birthing its first giant planets.

Summer gets its official start in the Northern Hemisphere with the arrival of the summer solstice. The sun will trace its ...

Summer officially begins in the Northern Hemisphere on June 20 with the summer solstice, the day with the greatest amount of ...

Scientists are now sounding the alarm about the stability of Earth in the future as new research indicates that our blue ...

Solar flares are the most powerful explosions in the solar system, and can contain as much energy as a billion hydrogen bombs ...

Each day, around 48.5 tons (44,000 kilograms) of ancient debris dating back to the creation of our solar system collide with ...