8 planets orbit the Sun. The closest are the four rocky planets, the remaining gas planets inhabit deeper space. The solar system is also home to many other cosmic bodies including asteroids ...

8 planets orbit the Sun. The closest are the four rocky planets, the remaining gas planets inhabit deeper space. The solar system is also home to many other cosmic bodies including asteroids ...

In 1781, German-born British astronomer William Herschel made Uranus the first planet discovered with the aid of a telescope.

If Voyager 2 had arrived a week earlier, it would have observed a completely different magnetospheric environment".

After a decade-long search, some scientists say a growing number of clues point to the existence of a hidden planet in the Kuiper Belt beyond Neptune — and they may soon have the opportunity to find ...

Here in the Solar System, moons dramatically outnumber the planets they orbit: they number nearly 300 known at time of ...

Uranus, blue-green in color due to the methane contained in an atmosphere comprised mostly of hydrogen and helium ...

Much of the knowledge about Uranus was gleaned when NASA’s robotic spacecraft Voyager 2 conducted a five-day flyby in 1986.

Now, people are being invited to have their own version of the space walk as they encounter each of the eight planets ... while the furthest-away planet, Neptune, is located in Archerfield Walled ...