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 ...

Interactions between Earth and the solar system have profoundly shaped the planet ... Earth’s Roche limit caused the asteroid ...

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

You may need binoculars or a telescope for this one. It includes the three furthest planets in our solar system.

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

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

Ever since William Herschel discovered Uranus in 1781, astronomers have been eager to find new planets on the outer edge of ...

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

The roughly six-hour flyby in 1986 revealed Uranus' protective magnetic field was strangely empty. Now, researchers say that ...