"The Solar Family" is an 11-minute educational film produced by Encyclopedia Britannica Films in 1936. It presents the evolution of the solar system through the lens of the planetesimal hypothesis ...

From planets that rain diamonds to moons hiding underground oceans, the solar system is full of astonishing secrets. These 10 ...

Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient ...

Astronomers witness dawn of new solar system for 1st time Scientists were able to see the moment when planets began to form around a star.

Weighing in at 0.6 solar mass, HOPS-315 should someday grow to become a star much like our own sun; this makes it a promising stand-in for studying the first stages of our solar system’s history. For ...