This process, , is how everything in the solar system – planets, moons, comets and asteroids – came into being. Telescopes can see young solar systems being born.

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

The formation of the solar system is a challenging puzzle for modern astronomy and a terrific tale of extreme forces operating over immense timescales. Let's dig in.

Earth is the sixth planet from the edge of the solar system, meaning we're none too near this cold and inhospitable frontier. But we've sent out various spacecraft over the years, so do we have ...

A long time ago in an arm of the galaxy about three kiloparsecs away, our Solar System began to take shape.

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 sun is the lifeblood of our solar system, a blazing star that has held everything together for over 4.6 billion years. But like all things in the universe, even our sun will not last forever.

Predictions are uncertain, but the solar system may be pushed farther from the galactic core or even ejected entirely from the new galaxy.

Is there life on planets other than Earth? For generations, scientists have puzzled over the question, searching for planets that might have the right conditions both inside and outside the Milky ...

What we know about the search for ‘Planet Nine’ in our solar system The idea of a massive undiscovered planet has been around since before the discovery of Pluto in the 1930s ...