The controversy endures over Pluto's true status, but the solar system underdog continues to capture hearts across the globe.

When was Pluto discovered? Pluto was discovered in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, an American astronomer at the Lowell Observatory ...

Whether Pluto is officially a planet is the least interesting thing about the runt of the solar system, astronomers will tell you 95 years after the discovery of the fascinating and sometimes ...

Our solar system’s planets are set to align in a six-strong planetary parade this week that will be visible in the UK night sky.

Our solar system’s planets are set to align in a six-strong planetary parade this week that will be visible in the UK night sky. The celestial event is set to be an extension of the already impressive ...

More than 10 per cent of England's farmland will be turned into solar farms or eco farms by 2050, Environment Secretary Steve Reed has announced. The proposal will see significant areas of countryside ...

The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

A tenth of British farmland is set to come under threat under Labour's new nature plan in a bid to reach 'net zero' by 2050. The agricultural land could make way for solar farms, reservoirs ...

A "super-Earth" planet found outside of our solar system could have conditions suitable for life, according to experts at the University of Oxford. Researchers said the planet has a mass six times ...

A planet-size object that possibly once visited the solar system may have permanently changed our cosmic neighborhood by warping the orbits of the four outer planets, a new study suggests. The ...

Ever since Isaac Newton famously talked about gravity, its dominance as a force in our solar system has been well known. It's responsible for the orbits of the planets and their satellites ...

The next big solar storm could plunge the world into darkness ... they can cause geomagnetic storms that induce powerful electric currents on the planet’s surface. These induced currents can wreak ...