A village in Kent is home to what is thought to be the world's largest scale model of the solar system and beyond, created to ...

(Ianm35/iStock/Getty Images Plus) The Solar System is one of the comforting constants of human existence. No matter what else ...

Scientists searching for life beyond Earth have developed a new way to identify which distant planets might be able to ...

Researchers have developed the Smaller Than Earth Habitability Model (STEHM) to assess which planets can maintain ...

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune did not always have their current positions in the solar system. According to the ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...

For the first time since 2008, two new planets are being added to one of northern Maine's most famous — and scientifically accurate — roadside attractions. Dwarf planets Haumea and Makemake are the ...

The early solar system may have been far more chaotic than we ever imagined. A new study published in Icarus suggests that ...

Our solar system has two ice giants, Uranus and Neptune, but there may have been a third. According to a new study published ...

Looking at the Solar System, Jupiter and Uranus both have plenty of irregular moons. In supercomputer simulations, the ...