Discover the only planet in our solar system that rotates clockwise. Learn why this 'rebel' planet spins backwards, how a collision changed its history, and why its days are longer than its years.

We have all been taught in school that planets revolve in the same direction as the Earth, i.e., in the counterclockwise ...

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

There are 8 planets in our solar system. The planets orbit the Sun in elliptical trajectories, and they are all different in size, composition, temperature, and characteristics. The planets can be ...

Earth has the perfect combination of a livable atmosphere and a protective magnetic field that prevents the Sun's harmful radiation and radioactive solar winds from damaging us, allowing us to live on ...