If planets had social media accounts, the solar system would showcase a frenzy of unique personalities. Mercury tweets at ...

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

NASA’s New Horizons mission changed our understanding of the outer solar system. After its famous Pluto flyby, it traveled ...

According to a recent YouGov poll, 35% of Americans think Pluto is not a planet. But they are all wrong—kind of. To get to ...

If the solar system had a corporate structure, Jupiter would be the CEO, while Saturn ensures rules are followed. Venus ...

That made all the difference, Denton said. The simulation showed that Pluto and its impactor didn't merge, lose a lot of material to the solar system, or become fluid blobs. Researchers now wonder ...

Burrowing under soil opens up a whole new world, especially when that soil is on other planets. Getting under the top layer ...

February is a month of bold moves and serendipitous new beginnings — get ready to ride the wave and fall in love! Here's what ...

Pluto-Charon Formation Scenario Mimics Earth ... Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved based on analyses of trans-Neptunian objects ...

Filmmaker Adam Nemoy helps celebrate the 90th anniversary of Pluto's discovery this month at the 6th annual 'I Heart Pluto' ...

Pluto likely acquired large moon Charon in a “kiss and capture” collision billions of years ago. It may have created a subsurface ocean on the icy dwarf planet.

NASA Voyager 1 probe discovers Saturn’s moon, Epimetheus. Saturn would be the last planet Voyager 1 would visit before ...