Planetary scientist James O'Donoghue created an animation that shows our solar system's planets rotating in a single globe The globe shows slices of the best parts of each planet The animation ...

One of the interesting facts about our Solar System is how fast different planets spin on their axis. Earth takes about 24 hours to make a full rotation, but some planets spin much quicker, making ...

A shockwave from a catastrophic supernova explosion may have triggered the birth of our solar system when it crashed into a cloud of gas. Remnants of matter ejected from the ancient blast can still be ...

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and second only to Mercury as the smallest planet in the Solar System. The Red Planet is of great interest to NASA – who hope to send astronauts there in 2020 – ...

Watch this video to find out more about the Earth, planets in our Solar System and other planets far off in outer space. From up here on the International Space Station I get a great view of Earth.

The planets in our solar system are extremely varied, ranging from Venus, where temperatures can reach a scorching 471°C, to Neptune, where it plummets to a chilly -201°C. As well as varying in ...