This weekend, six planets are set to share the sky in a rare “planet parade,” giving stargazers a short but magical window to ...

Astronomers are closing in on what looks like a colossal missing piece of the Solar System, a giant planet that appears to ...

Scientists say studying objects like Ammonite, despite their immense distance, offers valuable insight into the solar system's formation and early evolution.

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. The solar system suddenly has a new member. A new object ...

Stargazers can see six planets all in one evening during the second month of the year, especially Mercury, which is usually ...

TEMPE, Ariz. a Quick: What’s the order of the planets in the solar system? Need a little help? Maybe the following mnemonic rings a bell: “My Very Educated Mother Just Served Up Nine Pizzas.” It’s ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course. When ...