For the better part of a century, we believed there were nine planets in our solar system, with Pluto being the farthest from the sun. Since the discovery of more Pluto-sized dwarf planets, that ...

Earth is our home planet, and it's the only place in the universe where we know for certain that life exists. Earth formed over 4.5 billion years ago from a swirling cloud of gas and dust squished ...

From fiery 'blood moons' to ancient legends, discover the surprising science and history behind lunar eclipses.

According to the team, the gravitational pull of our solar system's planets and passing stars do not have much of an effect on the Oort Cloud. The team's new model was plotted from "a viewpoint of ...

Every Friday, Living Planet brings you the stories, facts and debates on the key environmental issues of our time. As our planet faces an ever-evolving climate crisis and environments change ...

Its impressive moon tally means it has the most moons of any other planet in the solar system ... before that she worked as a staff writer for our sister publication All About Space magazine.

“Planetary alignments occur because the planets in our solar system orbit the Sun within roughly the same plane, known as the ecliptic plane,” explains Dr Shyam Balaji, researcher in ...

However, many years ago, the Earth looked very different to how it does today. Around 250 million years ago, all of the continents were joined together as one supercontinent called Pangea.

Here are some interesting and lesser known facts about our solar system that will leave you in awe ... the water in its rings is frozen into ice. It is one of four planets that have rings around them ...

Feast your imagination on a brilliant, brand new Hunger Games adventure, get lost in the mists of time with a thrilling ...

Let’s take a closer look at this former planet at the edge of our Solar System. Since it received its new status of a “dwarf planet,” Pluto can console itself with finally being the largest ...