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A new TV documentary is a tender tribute to Voyagers 1 and 2, which launched 40 years ago and were the first spacecraft to visit the outer solar system.
New discoveries of objects in the Kuiper Belt have also presented challenges for the Planet Nine theory. The latest is known ...
"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 ...
Scientists have watched a solar system being born for the first ever time. Using a powerful telescope, researchers saw the first pieces of material that will go onto form planets.
Travel through time to witness some of the most remarkable episodes in our solar system's history, uncovering its ancient ...
Discover the dramatic forces creating spectacular weather on neighboring planets and moons. Out in the solar system, the weather gets wacky – with globe-spanning dust storms, monsoons of liquid ...
Astronomers have discovered a rare solar system with six planets moving in sync with one another. Estimated to be billions of years old, the formation 100 light-years away may help unravel some ...
Our solar system passed through a vast wave of gas and dust around 14 million years ago, dimming Earth’s view of the night sky. The wave may even have left traces in our planet’s geological ...
 “The Sunflower Kids” is a documentary made by ASU graduate students focused on SolarSPELL's impact and the relationship between accessible information and empowering learners.
Astronomers have observed an object that originated from beyond our solar system, thought to be an interstellar comet, speeding through our celestial neighborhood.
Jack’s Solar Garden, which is south of Longmont, was featured for its use of agrivoltaics – a practice in which solar panels and crops share the same land.