DALLASI absolutely love this, it's called an orrery, and it's a little mechanical model of our solar system. You can see the planets here, orbiting the sun as they would do in real life.

While the composition of gas and dust in a molecular cloud is fairly uniform, everything changes once a star begins to form.

An Egyptian astronomer called Ptolemy (AD100-168) described one of the earliest ideas for how the Solar System is structured. Ptolemy’s model and many earlier ideas of the Solar System had the ...

Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast expanse of icy bodies that may hold clues to the solar system’s formation. These ...

Need a new idea to keep kids entertained? Try stargazing. Free learning activities and videos about the solar system Free learning activities and videos about the solar system Free learning ...

Dec. 19, 2024 — New studies offer a clearer picture of how the outer solar system formed and evolved ... Nov. 25, 2024 — A new computer model can be used to detect and measure interior oceans ...

A graduate research assistant at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH), a part of The University of Alabama system, ...

Planetary scale model trails are letting cycling enthusiasts pedal their way through the cosmos. These trails are designed ...

Simpson and Chen ran mathematical models looking at how differently sized Earth-like worlds would have affected the rest of ...

She mapped our solar system's "alternate fate" had it housed an extra planet between Mars and Jupiter instead of the existing asteroid belt. They developed a 3D model that simulates how the solar ...