When the Sun expands into a red giant, it will swallow the inner solar system and raise the temperature in the outer regions.

Astronomers have captured silicate clouds and a mysterious disk around two giant young exoplanets, revealing surprises that ...

How Many Planets Are There in the Solar System? There are 8 planets in our solar system. The planets orbit the Sun in ...

During the red giant phase, both the Sun and Jupiter will shine brighter and become hotter. However, its moon Europa is ...

The orange dwarf Gliese 710 is expected to come within 0.1663 light-years or 10,520 astronomical units in about 1.29 million ...

The search for life beyond Earth is a holy grail quest for many experts, but finding where to look is a core issue.

Learn about the unexpected discovery that has shaped new perspectives on Uranus' moons and their brightness.

Given just how big space is, the solar system seems like it shouldn't be too mysterious. But there are actually plenty of ...

U ranus is a very weird planet, and it turns out that there is a newly discovered oddity to add to its already extensive list. Astronomers used Hubble to study the interactions between the planet's ...

More than 150 moons orbit worlds in our solar system. Known as natural satellites ... Within the heliosphere, some of the planets are wrapped in their own bubbles—called magnetospheres ...

"The extraordinary results are an essential step toward understanding the initial conditions that lead to the formation of ...

New James Webb Space Telescope data reveal Pluto's high-altitude haze is a key driver of the climate on the dwarf planet, ...