Grades 9-12 Learn about the cause of sunburns, in this video from NOVA’s Gross Science series. Sunlight is made up of many types of radiation: infrared, visible, and ultraviolet (UV). UV radiation can ...

Our Solar System is home to eight extraordinary planets, each with its own unique features, mysteries, and beauty. This cosmic journey takes you from the Sun-scorched surface of Mercury to the icy ...

Astronomers have confirmed the third interstellar object on record is dashing through our solar system. Dubbed 3I/ATLAS, it ...

A small, inconspicuous meteorite may be about to change our understanding of how and when our solar system formed. Tiny shavings from the meteorite Northwest Africa 12264 are challenging the long-held ...

A fascinating glimpse into how a solar system like our own is born has been revealed with the detection of planet-forming ...

The planets in order from the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. If you include the ...

It’s part science, part magic – and now you can explore the Moon and stars together for just £99. Here’s why this clever ...

Scientists have identified an object about 700km wide inhabiting the frigid outer reaches of our solar system that might qualify as a dwarf planet, spotting it as it travels on a highly elongated ...

Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system, was 2 to 2.5 times bigger in its earlier life, according to new research. Credit: NASA / JPL-Caltech / SwRI / MSSS / Tanya Oleksuik Jupiter, the ...

– Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in our solar system. This happened about 4½ billion years ago.

Indeed, other planets, dwarf planets and moons in our solar system do have seasonal cycles — and they can look wildly different from the ones we experience on Earth, experts told Live Science.

It’s been almost two decades since our solar system lost its 9th planet. Pluto was officially reclassified from a planet to a dwarf planet by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) in August ...