Perseverance just landed on Mars, where it will search for signs of life. But space's cool factor doesn't begin or end there!

Mars is the fourth planet from the sun and has a distinct rusty red appearance and two unusual moons. The Red Planet is a ...

How far it is from the sun: 886 million miles (1.4 billion kilometers), on average How big it is: 72,400 miles (116,500 km) across, or almost 10 times the size of Earth. How many moons it has: At ...

Earth is home, but it’s also full of surprises. Some of these facts might make you stop and say, “Wait, is that true?” Let’s get into the odd, the quirky, and the totally real things about Earth and ...

Ah, Earth. We may not think about our planet on a day-to-day basis, but the world we live in is a pretty interesting place. The third rock from the Sun—and to this day, the only one with known ...

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick ...

We tend to think of Earth as familiar and predictable. Same sky, same ground, same oceans. But once you start digging into ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. An award-winning reporter writing about stargazing and the night sky. If you haven’t heard, all the planets are in the sky at the ...