Here’s how it works. Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but are unlike any in our own solar system. The two exoplanets ...

Unlike a total solar eclipse, part of the sun is still visible during a partial solar eclipse, so there is no darkening of the sky or visible solar corona. This new moon of March 2025 will create ...

Carbon dioxide has been detected on a planet outside our solar system for the first time. The gas has been observed directly by the James Webb Space Telescope on four exoplanets, all belonging to ...

solar users can expect to fork out up to R30 000 to register their solar system, reported MyBroadband on 18 March 2025. Previous reports have revealed that the requirements that need to be met ...

Sub-Neptune planets that are smaller than Neptune in size are the most common type of planet known to exist in the Milky Way, but they are absent from the solar system. They have atmospheres that ...

The James Webb Space Telescope has captured its first direct images of carbon dioxide in a planet outside the solar system in HR 8799, a multiplanet system 130 light-years away that has long been a ...

Farther out – about 9.3 trillion miles away – sits the Oort Cloud, which some refer to as the outermost boundary of the Solar System. This region is believed to hold countless icy objects that still ...

Got a space-obsessed kiddo? Or maybe you’ve got a solar system project due tomorrow and no idea where to start? Either way, these Free Solar System Worksheets (PDF) are here to save the day (and maybe ...

This diagram shows the approximate relative sizes of our solar system’s planets, moons and dwarf planets, Credit: Emily Lakdawalla / The Planetary Society Our solar system is a wondrous place.