Astronomers are investigating a potential hidden planet, dubbed Planet Y, far beyond Neptune. Its gravitational pull is suspected to be causing unusua ...
Our solar system now, once again, officially consists of only eight planets. Although largely debunked, speculation continued ...
A newly discovered warp in the outer Solar System may have been created by a small, rocky world, much closer to the Sun than ...
Recently, astronomers detected the presence of a relatively new quasi-moon called 2025 PN7, which appears to orbit our planet ...
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How Long Does Each Planet Take to Orbit the Sun?

Have you ever wondered how long it takes for each planet to orbit the Sun? From Mercury’s blazing 88-day year to Neptune’s astonishing 165-year journey, every planet moves at a completely different ...
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 ...
It will be a while before you can see it for yourself, however. Halley’s comet was last visible from Earth in 1986, meaning ...
Over the past seven decades, thousands of sophisticated spacecraft have been launched on ambitious missions to look down on ...
The newly discovered 2025 PN7 is irregular in shape and only around 20 metres wide, and technically a “quasi-moon" or “quasi-satellite” because, unlike our Moon, it doesn’t orbit the Earth.
The James Webb Space Telescope spacecraft is located 5 degrees below the Pleiades star. As the month wears on, it travels ...
From the column: "Just 0.3% of the world’s land area would need to be covered with solar panels to meet all energy needs." ...
Today's daily horoscope for October 13, 2025, is here for each zodiac sign. On Monday, the planet Pluto turns direct in ...