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.

Staring at the sun—a close (but safe) look at our home star Staring at the sun ... Free learning activities and videos about the solar system Free learning activities and videos about the ...

Our solar system is probably on the mild side compared with what happens elsewhere. You probably need that mildness in order to have a habitable planet.” The Nice model is a hypothesis ...

Stargazers will be treated to a dazzling six-planet "alignment" this January.

Ptolemy’s model and many earlier ideas of the Solar ... Union reclassified it as a ‘dwarf planet’, and our Solar System dropped from having nine planets to eight.

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

Further simulations on flybys into the inner Solar System revealed one of our own planets might be flung out of the ballpark ...

Emily Simpson, a passionate space enthusiast and recent Florida Tech graduate, has published groundbreaking research that imagines an alternate version of our solar system. Instead of the asteroid ...

Electrical efficiency Image: University of Manchester, Solar Energy, CC BY 4.0 Scientists created a numerical model to describe the system, incorporating heat convection, conduction, radiation ...

Outreach Coordinator Shea Harris said it is an accurate model of the solar system, at one ten-billionth of its actual size. “It kind of gives you a feeling of how big our solar system is as you ...