Bay 12's Tarn Adams discusses why fantasy dwarves are such a "fortuitous" archetype for Dwarf Fortress, and why Elves don't ...

The small separations between the planets around Barnard's Star also bring to mind another system of worlds around a red dwarf, TRAPPIST-1, where seven planets are packed within 5.75 million miles ...

The IAU also estimates that there could be "more than 100" extra dwarf planets waiting to be found in the outer solar system, all of which could have moons. "Just like the giant planet satellites ...

As of right now, there are officially eight planets in the solar system, with an unknown number of dwarf planets contained almost exclusively in an outer belt of rocky material known as the Kuiper ...

New research suggests that a binary pair of Kuiper Belt objects, known as the Altjira system, is actually made up of three separate bodies orbiting one another in a complex triad. This rare ...

NASA's Artemis 2 crew is seeking an original idea for their zero-g indicator (ZGI), a stuffed toy or doll that will be suspended from a tether in their Orion spacecraft to signal when they enter ...

NEW YORK — Seven planets grace the sky at the end of February in what’s known as a planetary parade, though some will be difficult to spot with the naked eye. These planetary hangouts happen when ...

TOMORROW NIGHT FOR SURE. THURSDAY, PROBABLY NOT SO MUCH, BUT FRIDAY AND THE WEEKEND. THINGS ARE LOOKING GOOD. TWO OF THE SEVEN PLANETS, THREE ARE EASILY FOUND AND WE’LL JUST TALK ABOUT THOSE REALLY ...

This diagram shows the approximate relative sizes of our solar system’s planets, moons and dwarf planets, Credit: Emily Lakdawalla / The Planetary Society Our solar system is a wondrous place.