Mercury, the closest planet to the sun, moves faster than Earth. It orbits the sun in 88 days, as opposed to our 365. So about every four months, "Mercury laps us on the track, and that makes it ...

Have you ever wondered what our solar system looked like 3.8 billion years ago? Were the planets we know today anything like ...

They’re not a perfect match, but it’s way too hot on the first planet for us to hop over and confirm for ourselves.

On July 1, 2025, the Asteroid Terrestrial-impact Last Alert System (ATLAS) survey telescope, located in northern Chile, ...

A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...

A meteor shower, a planet sighting, and a full moon. Here's how to see all of space's eye-catching activity in July.

Mercury is the smallest planet in the Solar System and also the closest planet to the Sun. Mercury orbits the Sun at an ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) -Scientists are tracking a large gas planet experiencing quite a quandary as it orbits extremely close ...

NASA also points out that July and August is an excellent chance to view the constellation Aquila, also known as the eagle as ...

A mysterious object the size of Manhattan, originating from outside our Solar System, has been spotted by astronomers.

Astronomers on Wednesday confirmed the discovery of an interstellar object racing through our Solar System -- only the third ...

The planets in order from the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. If you include the ...