Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, following the declassification of Pluto nearly two decades ago, ...

The interior of asteroid Vesta has been shown not to be a protoplanet after all, meaning that new explanations for its origin ...

Astronomers have long speculated about an unseen planet lurking in the solar system's outer edge. This hypothetical world, ...

A groundbreaking discovery has been made by astronomers, who have uncovered a massive molecular cloud located just 300 ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. Gravity provides the force needed to maintain the stable orbit of planets around a star and also of moons and ...

Discover the order of planets in the solar system. From Mercury to Neptune, explore our solar system and learn more about our cosmic home. The solar system is our cosmic neighborhood, made up of ...

Tatooine-Like Planet Outside the Solar System May Orbit Two Failed Stars ... In a new analysis, researchers found that the brown dwarfs' motion was changing — a quirk that's less likely to ...

University of Central Florida (UCF) scientists and their collaborators discovered new insights into the formation of distant ...

Save guides, add subjects and pick up where you left off with your BBC account. The Sun and its planets – Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune The different planets ...