New observations show that newly formed planets close to a star help shepherd dust and gas to create more planets farther out ...

This gravity disparity is largely due to that equatorial bulge creating non-uniform distances from points on the planet's surface to center of the Earth, and to the fact that the Earth spins.

Along with being the outermost planet, the facts about Neptune include that its day is around 57,600 seconds, 1.5 times ...

It’s been a fascinating year in earth science—from mysterious “dark oxygen” to an “unidentified seismic object,” here are ...

The excited jiggle of Naef's cursor shows that the reading has fallen just where it should if an unseen planet is tugging the star to and fro. The next day the team leader, veteran planet hunter ...

It is a world of extremes. Explore facts about our solar system's fastest planet. Mercury is slightly larger than our Moon - 15,329 kilometres around its equator. Its radius, the distance from the ...

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick atmosphere, making up a world so large that more than 1,300 Earths ...

There are a collection of surprising facts about planets orbiting the sun. Mercury is the closest and fastest reaching a speed of 200,000 kmph. On Venus a day is longer than a year due to its ...

check out Astronomy Ireland’s website at astronomy.ie. HERE'S five facts about planet Venus ahead of tomorrow's sky event. The atmosphere of Venus is super thick and full of carbon dioxide ...