Discover which planet is the fastest in the solar system. Learn why Mercury moves at 47 km/s, has the shortest year, and ...
The Sun is an incandescent but benevolent dictator. For billions of years, it’s kept our star system well organized through the influence of its powerful gravity. All the planets revolve around it on ...
Space has a knack for bending our sense of scale. The Moon feels close enough to touch—after all, we see its craters with ...
Sky gazers across the U.S. will have a chance to see an extraordinary celestial event on Friday as all of the planets in our solar system will appear in the evening sky. This phenomenon known as a ...
When I was a kid, there were nine planets. Now we know of thousands! But that includes exoplanets, alien worlds that orbit alien suns. Only eight planets call our solar system home. Or there might ...