This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of ...

Astronomers have discovered more than 300 exoplanetary systems that have three or more known planets. Most of these planets are about the same size and spaced close together, earning them the moniker ...

Our solar system may have a ninth planet after all, researchers say. The possibility that an additional planet may be hidden far into the solar system was touted more than a century ago. But ...

When you see art of our solar system as the planet orbit the sun, you may notice that Earth's orbit has a tilt. It is not a perfect circle. What's more, Earth is not the only planet that displays such ...

A planetary conjunction is an astronomical event in which at least two planets – sometimes more – appear to our vantage from Earth to be close together in the sky. Both Venus and Jupiter are making ...

Beyond that, in the decades to come, we might be able to see the colours of an exoplanet’s surface, and determine if plant life might be present there. And then we can search for changes in a planet’s ...