Made up of billions of objects, the Solar System has been studied for generations - but there is still so much to learn about it. Full of celestial bodies orbiting the Sun, the Solar System is roughly ...

Is Prof Brian Cox making the same programme every time, without anybody noticing? Solar System, new on BBC Two, travels the galaxy to explore “the diverse worlds that orbit the Sun”. Which sounds ...

A rare planetary system has been discovered that mirrors the structure of our solar system, exoplanet formation, and gas ...

When most of us learn about the solar system, it seems like a pretty well-ordered place. Our sun formed first, about five billion years ago, and the planets appeared a little later. As a very general ...

Planetary scientists Paolo Sossi and Dan Bower from ETH Zurich have published a peer-reviewed study in Nature Astronomy ...

While its star projector leaves a lot to be desired, the Science Can Solar System Planetary Projector is a fantastic educational tool for kids, with its solar system model, complete with talking ...

Scientists have captured the birth of a new solar system for the very first time. These incredible images reveal the exact moment when planets began to form around a star 1,300 light-years from Earth.

A mysterious interstellar object has been caught on camera for the first time as it hurtles through the solar system. First spotted by NASA on July 1, scientists from around the world have now ...

A scale model of the entire solar system is being installed along the River Foyle in Derry. It is a collaboration of art and astrophysics intended to make people consider their place in the cosmos.