This stunning photo shows every single planet in the solar system at the same time during a rare alignment that won’t happen again until 2040. Taken from a field in Somerset, the groundbreaking ...

But such events are not just a treat for stargazers – they can also have a real impact on our Solar System and offer the opportunity to gain new insights about our place within it. The eight ...

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many more are waiting to be discovered? Faint signatures detected by the ...

The Oort Cloud is the name given to a theorized group of potentially trillions of icy objects on the edge of our solar system. But while it has been accepted as a theory for over 70 years ...

The Solar System's journey around the Milky Way's center takes it through varying galactic environments. "Imagine it like a ship sailing through varying conditions at sea," explains Efrem Maconi ...

Today, solar electricity comes from nearly a million ... At the front of the room is a colourful map of the UK’s electricity transmission system network. And at the bottom of this display is a chart ...

The way people think of the Solar System has changed many times throughout history. Before the development of the telescope, these ideas were based on what could be seen with the naked eye.

Solar panels can save money on electric bills, but a solar panel system requires a steep upfront investment — $30,000 for the average system including installation ...

Narrator: Serious scientists, like myself, believe our solar system was formed by the collapse of a giant cloud of gas and rock and is held together by the gravitational pull of the Sun.