Fortunately the name is a misnomer, since there are also moons, dwarf planets ... perspective on the solar system. Here are six new outer-space destinations in Google Maps we recommend checking ...

The Nice model is a hypothesis, and not all scientists are convinced it’s true. Everyone now agrees that at least some planets migrated, but whether that set off a violent solar-system-wide ...

The Solar System is very tidy. You have four rocky planets near the Sun, and four gas giant planets further away. An asteroid ...

In fact, it takes more than four years for light to travel from the nearest star to our solar system ... artists pulled all of that data and compiled it into a short animated map and timeline ...

but heavier than gas giant planets. (M. Kornmesser/ESO via AP) This artist’s illustration provided by the European Southern Observatory shows an exoplanet orbiting around two brown dwarfs ...

The asteroid belt between Jupiter and Mars is home to many asteroids and planets ... the main belt might be the smallest dwarf planet in our solar system — an asteroid known as Hygiea.

The Sun’s gravity holds all of these ... much smaller than planets so are also known as 'minor planets'. As well as planets and moons, the solar system also contains dwarf planets, which are ...