Beyond our solar system, countless alien worlds of lava, ice, water and noxious gas swirl through the cosmos. Here are some ...

Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system, according to NASA. Jupiter’s radius is over 11 times the equatorial radius ...

The origin of a dwarf planet living in our solar system was a subject of debate for several years among astronomers. They now seem to have settled it. Ceres, a dwarf planet in the asteroid belt, has ...

But that doesn't necessarily mean planets are perfect spheres. "We call them round, but they're not really perfectly round, ...

Barnard's star is a red dwarf, the smallest type of regular star and much smaller and less luminous than our sun. At about 6 ...

If you were hoping to see the “mini moon,” you’ve probably been disappointed. But experts say the asteroid was an important ...

Snapchat Friend Solar System is a premium feature that lets you visualize your closest friends as planets that revolve around ...

Although you can access Snapchat on your desktop PC, the Solar System feature is only available on Android phones and iOS. Read on to learn more about Snapchat planets, their ranking, and what ...

New research from NASA and Purdue University suggest that dwarf planet Ceres is chock full of water ice that once flowed as a ...

The world—which orbits Barnard's Star, just six light-years from us—has a year that lasts barely three Earth days.

Despite Barnard’s star being the single closest solo star to us, the exoplanet is not the closest one to Earth. The closest ...

Lonely No Longer Astronomers using the Very Large Telescope in Chile have discovered that Barnard's star, the closest single ...