Over many millions of years, NASA suspects the young world could mature into either of the most common planets found in our ...

Today, only the largest planets in the solar system have rings, but a new study suggests Earth may have been a ringed planet ...

Uncover the mystery behind Saturn’s iconic rings. ExtremeTech explains their origins and the science of our solar system. Dive into the cosmos today!

Earth may have had a ring made up of a broken asteroid over 400 million years ago, a study finds. The Saturn-like feature ...

Scientists simulated a situation that may offer an improved explanation for how the Red Planet ended up with small Phobos and ...

Interactions between Earth and the solar system have profoundly shaped the planet’s history, influencing evolution and ...

Now, a new study published Nov. 11 in Nature Astronomy has revisited the Voyager 2 data and discovered that Uranus was ...

A team of astronomers including professor Jane Huang have shown that extreme astrophysical environments can foster new ...

A solar wind event squashed the protective bubble around Uranus just before Voyager 2 flew by the planet in 1986, shifting ...

It’s commonly known that the Sun is the center of our solar system, with all the planets orbiting around it. However, this ...

We know from The Lord of the Rings that Tolkien crafted endless stars in his legendarium, but are there other planets too? Though extra-terrestrial life in Tolkien's universe has not been ...