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

And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. Sometimes, if the night is dark and clear enough, you can look up and see the Milky Way in its arc across the sky.

The workings of our solar system are roughly the same now as they have been for millions of years. Moons circle their planets, the planets circle the sun, the sun’s magnetic fields and sunspots wax ...

Oh, we humans do love a cleanly defined boundary, don’t we? They make things easier, after all. If we’re trying to categorize something, knowing what labeled bin to put it in is handy. If we’re ...

As the United States prepares to celebrate its 250th anniversary, the history of the solar system tells its own story of ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskidsus@theconversation.com. What is meant by solar storm and solar wind? – ...

Discover the powerful volcanic eruptions that have shaped worlds across our solar system. Around our solar system, violent eruptions are shaping distant worlds. Discover the explosive forces that ...

While life on Mars (and Venus) has long been an obsession for those wondering if we're alone, there are other places in our ...

Hints of high-pressure chemistry within a rare meteorite suggest this fallen space rock comes from a planet gone wrong in the solar system’s early history NASA ordered its astronauts to take refuge ...