The early solar system may have been far more chaotic than we ever imagined. A new study published in Icarus suggests that ...

Computer simulations have reconstructed 122 possible scenarios for the evolution of the solar system, 3 to 4 billion years ...

Scientists may have found one of the main sources of rocky material for the solar system, forming diverse populations of baby ...

Astronomers have discovered the first evidence of magnetic worlds beyond the solar system, representing a major step forward ...

Scientists have discovered a bizarre planetary system where a rocky world orbits farther out than giant gas planets, defying ...

A team of astronomers has found the strongest evidence yet that some planets outside our solar system may be magnetic. Using ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

Four-and-a-half billion years ago, a massive world—possibly as big as the moon or even Mars—orbited our sun before crashing ...

New research suggests the moons of Jupiter and Uranus may hint that our planetary neighborhood once had a third ice giant.

Astronomers in a recent breakthrough have found seven exoplanets, potentially harbouring magnetic fields, similar to Earth ...

Jupiter has 79 moons and is known as the 'king of the planets'. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Jupiter is the largest planet in ...