Many of us learned about the order of the planets in our Solar System through some mnemonic device. We were also taught to think that the Solar System is a fixed thing, but our grade school ...

The Oort Cloud, an expanse of icy bodies in the far reaches of our solar system, is shown here in a scene from "Encounters in the Milky Way," a show at New York City's Hayden Planetarium that spawned ...

Scientists have unlocked one of the solar system’s many secrets from an unexpected source: a planetarium show opening to the public on Monday. At the American Museum of Natural History last fall, ...

The new planetarium show revealed a backwards S-shaped spiral in what's known as the Oort Cloud far beyond Pluto (American Museum of Natural History via AP) Scientists have solved one of the solar ...

MERRILLVILLE | The Merrillville Community Planetarium has converted thousands of slides into a digital format since the facility has switched to a digital system, but the planetarium director doesn't ...

AURORA, N.Y. — With the solar eclipse fast approaching, the Southern Cayuga School District Planetarium is educating students about this once-in-a-lifetime event. Seated inside the planetarium's ...

If you’ve ever flown through outer space, at least while watching a documentary or a science fiction film, you’ve seen how artists turn astronomical findings into stunning visuals. But in the process ...

The University of Texas at Arlington's planetarium has upgraded its projection system in advance of a total solar eclipse coming to the D-FW area in April.(Image courtesy of The University of Texas at ...

An accidental discovery might change how we think about one of the most mysterious structures in our solar system. The Oort Cloud, a large expanse of icy bodies revolving around the sun at a distance ...