James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, ...

Since Pluto was relegated to dwarf planet status, almost everyone has agreed that there are eight planets in our solar system ...

A new study has proposed the existence of Planet Y, an alternative Planet Nine candidate that is smaller and closer to Earth ...

Our Solar System hides worlds of fire and ice, storms that outlast civilizations, and mysteries still beyond human reach.

Volcanoes on distant moons, frozen oceans beneath alien crusts, and storms larger than Earth — this film uncovers ten ...

When you look at the solar system, you might notice that the planets' orbits are tilted, and oddities in the protoplanetary ...

There are a couple of ways that scientists can date planets, so which planets formed first in our solar system?

A rare interstellar visitor has entered our Solar System, and it’s behaving in ways that have astronomers both fascinated and puzzled.

A comet traveling outside the solar system and heading toward the Earth is much larger than scientists first believed, a scientist has detailed in a new report. Avi Loeb claims the comet could even be ...

Asteroid ‘Families’ Reveal Hidden Histories and Impact Risks across the Solar System ...

This illustration shows the creation of an asteroid family. Ejected fragments from catastrophic collisions of asteroids between Mars and Jupiter tend to follow similar orbits around the sun, allowing ...