Otherworlds artist Michael Benson explores the 'alchemy' he uses to transform space agency data into true-colour images of our solar system. Michael Benson's images combine art and science to explore ...

Astronomers have captured direct images of exoplanets in a star system 130 light years away, providing clues on gas giant ...

ranging from irregular town-size space rocks to massive rounded bodies that are potentially big enough to be considered planets in their own right. So exactly how many solar system moons have we ...

to the solar system we see today. 'Earth formed from this nebula, so our journey to understand it is also a journey of self-discovery. It lets us understand our own home in space.' Find out in our ...

They can come from other solar systems and be thrown into interstellar space by collisions or be slingshotted by a planet or star's gravity. Credit: University of Western Ontario Gregg ...