The Romans had different names for the Greek gods, and so they were the ones to eventually call it Mars. Jupiter is the biggest planet in our Solar System, and it gets its name from the leader of ...

Watch this video to find out more about the Earth, planets in our Solar System and other planets far off in outer space. From up here on the International Space Station I get a great view of Earth.

Staring at the sun—a close (but safe) look at our home star Staring at the sun ... Free learning activities and videos about the solar system Free learning activities and videos about the ...

The dust speck has a name: Inti, for the Inca god of the sun ... and stared back at the birth of our solar system. They were stunned by what they saw. Scientists have long known that the planets ...

The mysterious Oort cloud is the source of many of our solar system's comets ... In a cosmic coincidence, Venus — the planet named for the Roman goddess of love — will be at its brightest ...

New research may shine a light on part of outer space's great mysteries: the Oort Cloud. The Oort Cloud is the name given to ...

The detection of a large interstellar object in 2017 named 'Oumuamua ... cruised back out of our star system. And tantalizingly, what they found suggests that our solar system may already be ...