But of these planets, which is nearest to the sun? Mercury is the closest planet to the sun, followed by Venus, Earth, Mars, ...

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped around the sun, coming superclose to Mars' present-day orbit ...

By comparison ... mass reaches beyond 80 times that of Jupiter. The enormous amount of mass is why a star can never be smaller than a planet and why the sun and moon can't be planets.

NASA shares images of comet C/2024 G3 (ATLAS) near the sun and stunning photos from Jupiter and Mars missions.

An object eight times the mass of Jupiter may have swooped ... speed and how close it approached the sun. The researchers also expanded their search compared with previous studies by considering ...