Is Prof Brian Cox making the same programme every time, without anybody noticing? Solar System, new on BBC Two, travels the galaxy to explore “the diverse worlds that orbit the Sun”. Which sounds ...

What is the solar system? MADDIE MOATE: The universe is vast. CHILD: Vast means really, really big! MADDIE: There are a lot of stars in our universe. And the sun is a star that gives out heat and ...

An exoplanetary system about 116 light-years from Earth could flip the script on how planets form, according to researchers who discovered it using telescopes from NASA and the European Space Agency, ...

Researchers have discovered evidence that there was once another ice giant like Neptune which used to sit between Saturn and Uranus on the edge of the solar system. This would mean there may have been ...

The universe is at it again; scientists have been baffled by a discovery that turns all the knowledge they have on planetary ...

Max Planck Institute for Extraterrestrial Physics scientists have been able to disentangle the X-ray glow originating in our ...

Scientists think a planet larger than Earth lurks in the far reaches of the solar system. Now a new telescope could confirm their belief and change solar system science You’d think that if you found ...

Astronomers have found a compact solar system whose planets line up in a way that, according to current models, should not be possible. Around the small star LHS 1903, a dense rocky world orbits on ...

The star, L 98-59, is only 35 light-years away from Earth and its orbiting planets have piqued the interest of experts. Two of them, nearest to the star, are likely dry, but one “ocean world” could be ...

Jupiter’s moon Io is the most volcanically active place in the solar system. Let me tell you just how volcanic it is.

UK stargazers were treated to a partial solar eclipse on Saturday morning, a phenomenon that sees the sun partially obscured by the moon. Up to 40% of the sun was covered as the moon passed between ...

NASA plans to launch a wildly ambitious nuclear-powered octocopter to Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, in 2028 China is working toward its own moon landing. Could it put astronauts on the moon before ...