We all picture the Solar System as a neat cosmic racetrack with planets orbiting the Sun on a flat, organized path. But have you ever wondered what lies above and below that path? In this video, we ...

Astronomers have been fascinated after spotting an object earlier this year that came from interstellar space as is now hurtling through our inner solar system. Regardless, it’s an interesting visitor ...

Is there a ninth planet out there? Why do some astronomers believe it might exist? Here’s what we know so far. Our Fault official trailer Government plans ordinance to enrol Gen Z voters Scientists ...

The official number of exoplanets—planets outside our solar system—tracked by NASA has reached 6,000. Confirmed planets are added to the count on a rolling basis by scientists from around the world, ...

On August 24, 2006, our solar system lost a planet. It wasn't by cataclysmic destruction, but rather by the vote of the International Astronomical Union, which declared that Pluto, considered the ...

The European Southern Observatory said the discovery as "the first clear detection of a baby planet in a disc with multiple rings" Abigail Adams is a Human Interest Writer and Reporter for PEOPLE. She ...

Aliens may have been closer to Earth than first thought. New research from NASA reveals that Ceres, the dwarf planet in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter, harbored the right conditions to ...

Gov. Phil Murphy signed two bills meant to boost renewable energy generation in New Jersey on Friday, as tightening supply and surging demand push electricity prices to record levels with even more ...

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Somewhere at the edge of the solar system a new Earth-sized world might be lurking, dubbed Planet Y. Astronomers have long proposed that there might be hidden planets beyond the Kuiper belt, a region ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...