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The number of planets that orbit the sun depends on what you mean by “planet,” and that’s not so easy to define ...

To truly understand our place in the universe, we must first comprehend the concept of scale. It is only through understanding the relative sizes of the entities around us that we can appreciate the ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

Scientists have been left baffled after a massive new hole, 62 times the size of Earth, has been discovered on the surface of the sun. Graphic visualisation of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory ...

Asteroids of this size impact Earth every few thousand ... and as it continues on its orbit around the sun, it won’t return to Earth’s vicinity until 2028, Farnocchia said.

The secondary asteroid belt orbits the Sun in a path very similar to Earth's orbit. During its recent mini-moon stint, scientists studied the 2024 PT5 from Earth. Based on the cosmic object's ...

MOUNT Everest has long been considered the tallest mountain on Earth, but new research reveals it might not even come close.

There been speculation that Donald Trump may cancel the Space Launch System rocket which Nasa intended to use to get from the ...

A CHILLING graphic shows how an asteroid the size ... into Earth - or 1.2 per cent. It is currently speeding away from our planet at 38,000mph, but will circle back around the sun when its path ...