Jupiter, the colossal gas giant of our solar system, has always captured the fascination of astronomers and space enthusiasts alike. With its immense size, swirling storm systems, and striking bands ...

The seventh planet in the solar system has an average temperature of just -195°C, unsurprising given it’s 1.8billion miles ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured an exoplanet no one had seen before. This marks a turning point in space ...

A new photo of the solar system's planets has been taken by NASA's Messenger probe. Messenger is headed for Mercury and took a planet family portrait that includes six of the eight major planets.

Sometimes, in order to support an idea, you first have to discredit alternative, competing ideas that could take resources ...

Astronomershave taken what they say are the first-ever direct images of planets outside ofour solar system, including a visible-light snapshot of a single-planet systemand an infrared picture of a ...

This article was originally published with the title “ Scientists Unveil First Ever Pictures of Multiple Planets around a Sunlike Star ” in SA Space & Physics Vol. 3 No. 5 (October 2020) doi ...

Astronomers have captured the sharpest, most detailed images yet of young solar systems where planets are just beginning to take shape. Exquisite snapshots released on April 28 provide a rare ...

Four planets in total were photographed circling two different stars. And while we know of about 300 planets out of our solar system, this is the first time any of them have been photographically ...

On Feb. 13, NASA published images of "Arrokoth," a space object that scientist say sheds light on the history of the solar system. (Video: New Horizons) Advertisement ...

ISTOCK / GETTY IMAGES PLUS. The planets in our solar system orbit the sun in roughly the same plane, known as the ecliptic, which is tilted relative to Earth's equator by about 23.5 degrees.