Discover the order of planets in the solar system. From Mercury to Neptune, explore our solar system and learn more about our cosmic home.

The eight planets in our solar system orbit the sun in roughly the same plane, because they all originally formed from the ...

Don't worry though—it's not like one planet simply fell out of the solar system. We'll explain what happened and also show you some tricks for remembering the order of all of the planets that ...

The eight planets in the solar system in the increasing order of their distance from the Sun are Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. ByShikha Goyal.

All eight of the solar system’s “major” planets appear in this illustration, but the actual number of planetary bodies orbiting our star is far greater.

Close stellar encounters could change the structure of our planetary system, potentially dooming Earth or other worlds to ...

For a few evenings around 28 February, every planet in the solar system will be visible in the night sky, thanks to a rare great planetary alignment. Here's how to make sure you don't miss this ...

A team of astronomers believe they may have discovered a new dwarf planet—just like Pluto—on the edge of our solar system. The object—which orbits out beyond Neptune—has been named "2017 OF201" by the ...

Scientists may have discovered a dwarf planet far beyond Neptune — an unearthing that may disprove a longstanding theory ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit before shoving four of the solar system's planets onto a different course.