"Make Pluto a planet again," NASA administrator Jared Issaacman said in a Senate hearing last Tuesday. And lo, the Internet did rejoice. Two decades on from its original declassification as a ...

The Solar System is the name given to the part of space that surrounds the Sun. Even though it is bigger than anything we can imagine, the Solar System is actually a very tiny part of the universe.

The atmosphere is between 5 million and 10 million times thinner than Earth's atmosphere. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. A very ...

There are plenty of science fiction TV shows out there, but these 10 are the best cult classics to add to your watchlist (if ...

Vehicles like this could help reduce planet-warming pollution and improve local air quality.

Kilby Block Party attracts 90,000 fans to Salt Lake City for its three-day line up of a wide range of indie artists.

For decades, scientists believed Neptune was a relatively predictable planet. But recent observations have revealed changes in its atmosphere that researchers did not expect. Patterns that once seemed ...

It is a question that feels like it should have a straightforward answer: how many planets are there in our solar system? Since Pluto was relegated back down to dwarf planet status, almost everyone ...

Astronomers have detected a thin atmosphere around a tiny celestial body in the outer solar system for the first time — an object previously thought to be too small to support the presence of an ...

Astronomers have spotted something surprising in the far outer Solar System—a faint, short-lived atmosphere clinging to a tiny icy world that shouldn’t be able to hold one at all. The object, called ...

Venus, Jupiter and Mercury headline May's skywatching, with stunning moon pairings and a three-planet display. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s ...

Many of us are old enough to have grown up with the idea of nine planets orbiting the Sun. In 2006, however, a controversial decision in the astronomy community resulted in the official list being cut ...