But, she argues, such a realistic depiction would confuse the general public. A layperson might have trouble finding those inner planets among the background stars. “So, I would make [the inner planet ...

Just how realistic are those artist ... or are they simply fanciful pictures meant to draw you into reading about ... and features like dunes can be found across the solar system, on planets, ...

Destiny 2’s science fiction future several hundred years from now includes a human race, and a couple sort-of human subspecies, colonizing the solar system at large. Miraculously, some of these ...

Certainly, these computer-generated drawings are nowhere near as complex as the images that our probes have brought back of our solar system's planets. Nonetheless, there is an appeal to these ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.

How does Starfield's solar system stack up visually to the real thing? It's pretty accurate (with one notable, story-based exception)! Check out our side-by-side comparison.

Astronomers have discovered a rare solar system with six planets moving in sync with one another. Estimated to be billions of years old, the formation 100 light-years away may help unravel some ...