Beyond Neptune lies the Kuiper Belt, a vast region of icy bodies that holds the secrets to the solar system’s formation.

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.

If Voyager 2 had arrived a week earlier, it would have observed a completely different magnetospheric environment".

The 7 fastest planets in the solar system, ranked by their orbital speeds around the Sun, are as follows: Mercury is the fastest planet in our solar system, orbiting the sun at an average speed of 47.

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In fact, every planet—and every moon—in the solar system will be in the sky during ... Beginner’s Guide To Our Local Star, in an email. However, although the sky will darken during the ...

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Astronomers are investigating the possibility of a hidden ninth planet beyond Neptune, which could explain unusual orbital patterns in the Kuiper Belt.

Our ability to detect planets outside our Solar System is becoming more refined. Thus, astrophysicists can now detect exoplanets still nestled within the dust cloud that witnessed their birth, right ...

It turns out – and it’s clear from the opening minutes of Solar System – that there was much still to see.

It just tells me that the planet is alive, not literally, but figuratively. NARRATOR: And when we look beyond Earth and its moon, out into our solar system, other dynamic worlds like ours do exist.