The Solar System, home to Earth and countless other fascinating planets and moons, exists within the Milky Way galaxy. But ...

Take a journey through the Milky Way galaxy, exploring the wonders of our solar system and the distant stars that illuminate the night sky. The Milky Way is home to over 100 billion stars, each with ...

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to oblivion ...

Astronomers first identified these minerals using the now-three-year-old James Webb Space Telescope. To see where exactly the ...

Just the third-ever confirmed interstellar object has been detected in our solar system. Here's what we know. (Spoiler: It's ...

Most comets, including the well-known Halley's, loop through our solar system like cosmic time capsules that formed alongside ...

International astronomers have for the first time witnessed the birth of a planetary system beyond Earth's sun that could one ...

A 6-planet solar system was found in the galaxy. (THIBAUT ROGER/NCCR PLANETS) By CNN newsource staff. Published: ... What makes this one so rare is that this planetary system is in resonance, ...

That's our galaxy, and so are most of the other stars visible to the unaided eye. Many, ... Our Solar System is full of mysteries, but if the inner planets are a puzzle, ...

The spiral galaxy NGC 4845, ... If our sun were replaced with a black hole of the same mass, our solar system would orbit similarly to how it does now, but it would be a lot colder.

(CNN) – Astronomers have discovered a rare family of six planets about 100 light years from Earth. The exo-planets are larger than the Earth but smaller than Neptune. The planets are in a little ...

6-planet solar system found in Milky Way galaxy with all planets in sync. A 6-planet solar system was found in the galaxy. (THIBAUT ROGER/NCCR PLANETS) By CNN newsource staff.