So, with the parts of our solar system turning as perfectly as cogs in a clock, how did all this order arise from the chaotic beginnings of the Big Bang?

Our solar system’s origin story spans billions of years and involves clouds of gas, cosmic collisions, and planetary migrations that shaped the worlds we know today. While it may seem intuitive ...

This process, called accretion, is how everything in the solar system – planets, moons, comets and asteroids – came into being. Telescopes can see young solar systems being born.

Solar System Solar system guide: Discover the order of planets and other amazing facts Entertainment We took a guided tour of the solar system in Elite Dangerous, and now you can too (interview) ...

Still from "To Scale: The Solar System," a 7-minute video that shows the construction of a scale-model solar system in Nevada's Black Rock Desert. (Image credit: Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh) ...

All of the planets of the solar system are visible together in the night sky right now, providing stargazers with a "spectacular" show to end the year.

Since the 1970s, spacecraft have been visiting the solar system's distant planets, returning photos of turbulent atmospheres, colorful rings, and bizarre moons.

Two wonderful filmmakers, Wylie Overstreet and Alex Gorosh, figured out what’s wrong with every image of the solar system we’ve ever seen. In every one, they say, space gets cheated.