Discovered in 1781 by astronomer William Herschel, Uranus was initially mistaken for a comet or star. However, subsequent observations by Johann Elert Bode confirmed its status as a planet. Despite ...

SpaceX’s Starship launches its fourth flight test from the company’s Boca Chica launchpad, designed to eventually send ...

Despite being extraordinarily difficult to detect for the first time, gravitational waves can be found using plenty of ...

A stunning photo of the recent "parade of planets" shows Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune in alignment over ...

A new planetary transit is underway — and there's some new energy in the air as a result. But what does Mars in Taurus mean ...

In the depths of our solar system — a realm where chemistry meets speculation — scientists have reported the possible ...

The question of who named Earth has preoccupied internet users for years. Posts on social media since at least 2015 have ...

Earth and most of the other planets — including Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune — also spin counterclockwise, but ...

UK stargazers will be treated to a stunning 'planetary parade' tonight as the planets line up in a rare planetary alignment, ...

After the Red Planet, billionaire Elon Musk has set his sights on the seventh planet in our solar system - Uranus.

the Moon and Earth orbit. The tech billionaire has been extremely outspoken about constructing a human community on Mars.