Science Beyond the Planets: The Quirky Underdogs of the Solar System From centaurs to icy moons, our host star is orbited by an array of objects with bizarre features.

Many of the non-planets, even in our own Solar System, are fascinating in their own right. Here are the 10 largest ones we have, along with what makes them so interesting.

All eight of the solar system’s “major” planets appear in this illustration, but the actual number of planetary bodies orbiting our star is far greater.

Astronomers have picked up evidence of an Earth-sized world, distinct from the previously hypothesised Planet Nine and Planet ...

Now, a new yet-to-be-peer-reviewed study suggests that an enormous interstellar object up to fifty times the mass of Jupiter may have been responsible for stirring the planets out of their ...

Astronomers typically divide the planets in our solar system into two types: Rocky worlds and gas giants. But, according to a new study of planets in other star systems in our galaxy, there’s a ...

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Check out the architecture of our solar system. Little planets close to the star, big planets far away. Inner worlds rocky, outer ones gaseous. Scientists once supposed other star systems in the ...

Such synchrony may occur when planets first form, but astronomers theorize that as time goes on, its likely for orbits to get knocked out of rhythm.

This article was originally featured on The Conversation. Are planets in the solar system that are closer to the Sun older than the ones further away? – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A ...

The Solar System may have two undiscovered planets We haven't seen them, but may have detected their gravitational influence.

Smithsonian Astrophysicist and Harvard Lecturer Matthew Holman discusses the search for undiscovered planets at the edge of the solar system.