Discover interesting facts about the sun, the solar system's central star that supports all life on Earth.

Venus, often called Earth's "sister planet," remains one of the most mysterious worlds in our solar system. Covered by a ...

For the dwarf planet candidate, one trip around the sun takes over 24,000 years. Its orbit challenges a proposed path for a hypothetical Planet Nine.

During the month of June you will be able to see Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn, Neptune and Jupiter in the sky at different ...

New research on the orbits of these mysterious asteroids near Venus stress the need for better space rock surveillance.

The atmosphere itself is… not so fine. It's mostly carbon dioxide, which hey, it's what plants crave, but also a lot of ...

Under such scenarios, Mercury frequently crashes into the Sun or Venus, setting off cascading changes that alter the orbits ...

Dozens of NASA's spaceflight missions that launched from Florida could be in jeopardy under a budget proposal from the Trump ...

Venus will rise in the eastern sky in the pre-dawn hours of June 1 alongside Saturn and Neptune. Venus reaches its point of ...

Venus, often called Earth’s evil twin, is home to some of the most peculiar geological features in the solar system. Among ...

A new study suggests the planet’s iconic domes owe their strange shape to both thick lava and a flexible surface.