and stared back at the birth of our solar system. They were stunned by what they saw. Scientists have long known that the planets, comets, and other bodies orbiting the sun were born, some 4.5 ...

A powerful new observatory is the best hope yet for finding the elusive Planet 9, a large planet that some scientists say is ...

Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but unlike any in our ...

In reality, there are hundreds, if not thousands, of natural satellites, in our ... bodies that are potentially big enough to be considered planets in their own right. So exactly how many solar ...

Astronomers have long suspected that an enormous, unseen planet is hiding somewhere far beyond Neptune, quietly shaping the ...

The two are known as our solar system's 'ice giants'. Our solar system's largest planets, the gas giants, are so large that some of their component parts would dwarf Earth. The bodies in our solar ...

We've established that smaller bodies can take a trip through our solar system, but what about larger ones? A team of scientists investigated the idea of free-floating, or rogue planets being ...

From the original mass of matter now forming our solar system came first Neptune ... nearer let us pass at a bound to the farthest known bodies. Point the telescope now mounted on Mt.

Classified as a super-Earth and a sub-Neptune, these two new celestial bodies are among the most common types of exoplanets found in the Milky Way galaxy, yet are absent from our own solar system.

Our solar system's journey around the center of the ... is actually made up of three separate bodies orbiting one another in a complex triad. This rare orbital configuration is often referred ...

Narrator: Serious scientists, like myself, believe our solar system was formed ... The solar system is also home to many other cosmic bodies including asteroids, moons and dwarf planets such ...