Google Maps in Space lets you "walk" the surface of the Moon, Mars, Venus, and other entities in the Solar System, as well as the International Space Station. Here's how to use it.

The newborn planetary system appears to be emerging 1,300 light-years away around a baby star known as HOPS-315 that resembles a young version of the Earth's own sun.

According to their results, the worst-case scenario for life in the inner solar system involves a planet between 10 and 20 times more massive than Earth. "The more massive it is, the worse it gets ...

The sun protects our solar system's planets from the harsh environment of interstellar space; 2 million years ago, a dense cloud of matter could have curtailed this shielding.

Indeed, other planets, dwarf planets and moons in our solar system do have seasonal cycles — and they can look wildly different from the ones we experience on Earth, experts told Live Science.