The sun is at the centre of the solar system. The solar system is the name we use to describe the eight planets, and their moons, that circle, or orbit, around the sun. CHILD: Our planet ...

The Romans had different names for the Greek gods, and so they were the ones to eventually call it Mars. Jupiter is the biggest planet in our Solar System, and it gets its name from the leader of ...

The first known asteroid to visit our Solar System from interstellar space has been given a name. Scientists who have studied its speed and trajectory believe it originated in a planetary system ...

Despite common assumptions, the disk of our Solar System is warped, and the planets travel around the Sun in slightly eccentric (or oblong) orbits. Scientists now think that a mysterious object ...