The Solar System is our immediate neighborhood and its planets and moons have shared the same astrophysical environment, e.g., experienced the same evolution of our central star, the Sun. Nevertheless ...

"Eight planets, hundreds of moons, hundreds of thousands of asteroids, and billions of comets orbiting our Sun make up our Solar System. And not once has a single black hole disturbed our ...

unlike other moons in the solar system. The scenario also could support Pluto's active geology and possible subsurface ocean, despite its location at the frozen edge of the solar system.

A new study implies that in the past, moons in our solar system may have had rings just like planets do — deepening the mystery of why no ringed moons exist today. When you purchase through ...