A group of swirling storms at Jupiter's north pole are bouncing off each other, like bumper cars at the fairground.

"This measurement of the planet population from planets somewhat larger than Earth all the way to the size of Jupiter and ...

The solar system consists of our star, the sun, and everything bound to it by gravity: the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, ...

Discover the planet that has the most moons. This planet is a ringed giant and the second largest in the solar system.

Astronomers using the James Webb Space Telescope have directly detected the faint glow of a planet that’s colder than any ...

NASA’s Lucy spacecraft captures asteroid Donaldjohanson, marking a new step in its mission to explore the solar system’s ...

Upon further investigation, it seems that Gliese 581d may be the only one of the two actually in the habitable zone, and its ...

Recent flybys of the fiery world refute a leading theory of its inner structure — and reveal how little is understood about ...

New data from NASA's Juno mission has shed light on the dynamic atmosphere of Jupiter and the volcanic activity on ...

Vesta has a number of characteristics working in its favor when it comes to its visibility in the night sky. For one, it ...

When you think of oceans you probably think of water, but the most massive reservoir of liquid in the solar system is made ...

A prolific astronomer from Vancouver Island has immortalized the name “Saanich” by naming a recently certified asteroid after ...