When you buy through links on our articles, Future and its syndication partners may earn a commission. Credit: rbkomar/Getty Images Earth isn't alone in orbiting our sun; it's joined by a bunch of ...

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This skywatching quiz will test your knowledge of how eclipses, when to see them, and what makes each one so spectacular.

It's Space Week from 4 - 10 October. But how much do YOU know about space and our solar system? Test yourself with our ...

Visual: In this diagram, J, S, U, and N are the solar system’s giant planets. What’s the collective name for the objects in ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Solar Quiz VR The educational app Solar Quiz VR will introduce you to the planets of our Solar system in virtual reality mode in the format of an ...

Pluto is a bit of a loner. The dwarf planet is no longer considered a regular planet; it does not orbit on the same plane as the solar system's eight planets; and its orbit is both highly elliptical ...

What's special about Chiron's rings is that they're still forming; this marks the first time astronomers have ever seen a ...

On August 25th, 2012, humanity became an interstellar species. There was no fanfare or galactic welcome party as a humble robotic probe, the Voyager 1 spacecraft, crossed an invisible threshold. It ...

New simulations suggest that up to four of the solar system's rocky planets, including Earth and a long-lost world, once orbited in mathematical harmony around the infant sun. Four of the solar system ...