The solar system consists of our star, the sun, and everything bound to it by gravity: the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, ...

Pluto was discovered in 1930 in Arizona, but in 2006 scientists decided to cut Pluto from the planetary line up. Here is why ...

"A planet orbiting not just a binary, but a binary brown dwarf, as well as being on a polar orbit, is rather incredible and ...

The brown dwarf pair was first spotted years ago ... Probing these wacky celestial bodies can help us understand how ...

Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. It's about 11 times wider than Earth with an equatorial diameter of 88,846 ...

Astronomers since then indeed have discovered worlds, called circumbinary planets, orbiting two stars. But for sheer ...

Pluto remains a fascinating and beloved part of our solar system with a slightly less glamorous title. At this moment, Pluto is still classified as a dwarf planet. Despite ongoing debate and ...