The Solar System might not be as quiet and orderly as we think. Imagine one day looking up and seeing something strange in ...

How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) ...

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 ...

Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in our solar system ... and its massive gravity forced some forming planets into the Sun ...

For a planet to form, its own gravity must be strong enough to make it round or spherical in shape. Asteroids are made of metals and rocky material. There are many asteroids in our Solar System ...

The new analysis suggests that Jupiter formed only about ... and its immense gravity helped shape the orbits of the other objects in the solar system as they move around the sun.

Astronomers anticipate an unprecedented view of the solar system as the Rubin Observatory begins to scan millions of hidden ...

A recent study found that Jupiter was once twice the size that it is now, making it big enough to swallow up 2,000 Earths.

Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in our solar system. This happened about 4½ ... Meanwhile, Jupiter moved inward, and its massive ...