How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) What type of star it is: A yellow dwarf star The sun is the star at the center of ...

CLEVELAND — With so much focus on the total solar eclipse right now, I thought some stellar solar system facts would shake up your universe. Let me take you back to grade school and the solar system ...

Eleven objects found at the extremities of the solar system could mark the location of a 'Kuiper Belt 2.' When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how ...

Beyond the classroom version, Jupiter’s true nature reveals strange phenomena and hidden forces shaping our solar system.

It may sound like science fiction, but imagining a battle between a gas giant and a black hole helps us understand just how fragile our Solar System really is. Such a scenario might seem impossible, ...

The Kuiper Belt could extend billions of miles farther than anyone thought. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. NASA's New Horizons ...

Astronomers have discovered a rare in-sync solar system with six planets moving like a grand cosmic orchestra, untouched by outside forces since their birth billions of years ago. The find, announced ...

INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) — A Bedford, Indiana, native and former astronaut has some fascinating facts to share about the total solar eclipse. Charlie Walker graduated from Purdue before working as an ...