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A collection of down-to-Earth facts about our planet and its place in the solar system. This collection introduces the Sun as the main source of light and heat on Earth. It explains that the Earth ...

It was controversial as accepted wisdom at the time (supported by the church) was that Earth was at the centre of the universe. Create your own masterpiece of the solar system. You could paint it ...

Planetary scientists recently simulated an alternate version of our solar system: one with a super-Earth causing climate chaos on Earth, Mars and Venus. One of the most common types of planets in ...

The hot, rocky material near the centre of the solar system was sculpted into terrestrial planets with metal cores: Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. And on the cool edges, the gas and ice giants were ...

For more on where Earth and our Solar System fit into the deep history of the cosmos, check out the other posts in this series: How Old is the Universe? and How Old is the Earth?

A pair of satellites launched by the European Space Agency on Thursday will create the first artificial solar eclipses, ...

In astronomy, what does retrograde mean? And what connection does it have to astrology? We explain how planets move across ...

Massive object passing through solar system is a better explanation for nature of orbits of Jupiter, Saturn and Neptune ...