If you thought planets only circled stars in neat, flat disks, think again. Scientists have uncovered compelling evidence for ...

The solar system is made up of the Sun (our nearest star) and the objects that orbit around it, including planets, asteroids and comets. Planets orbit the Sun in roughly circular paths ...

The Sun is the largest object in the Solar System. The Sun’s huge gravitational field keeps many other objects – planets, dwarf planets, asteroids and comets – in orbit around it.

The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our solar system, orbit a star called TOI-1453, which is slightly cooler and smaller than our sun. Located about 250 light-years from Earth in the Draco ...