The solar system lost its ninth planet back when Pluto was demoted to a dwarf planet, but research might indicate that there ...

This video explores the key characteristics of each planet within our solar system. Suitable for teaching science at KS1 and First Level.

Learn about the Solar System with these interactive learning resources for KS2 Science students aged 7-11 from BBC Bitesize.

Our sun emits powerful solar winds that wrap around the planets in our solar system like a giant bubble. This magnetic bubble, called the heliosphere, protects the planets from harmful cosmic ...

The anomalous nature of the object led astrophysicist Avi Loeb to apply a thought experiment to it, highlighting everything ...

On Episode 176 of This Week In Space, Rod Pyle and Tariq Malik are joined by Alan Stern to talk about what is next in deep ...

The Hubble Space Telescope has captured a stunning image of a high-speed comet traveling through our solar system. Scientists ...

Today, scientists proclaim that the Solar System is 4.6 billion years old, give or take a few million years. But how do we know this? And are, say, the Earth and Sun the same age?

Astronomers have uncovered a massive new trans-Neptunian object, 2017 OF201, lurking at the edge of our solar system. With an ...

The solar wind is a flow of particles that comes off the sun at about one million miles per hour and travels throughout the entire solar system. First proposed in the 1950s by University of Chicago ...