But as the prospect of humanity spreading throughout the solar system becomes more real, the mountaineers of the future might face an even more daunting challenge. This incredible interactive map ...

In those 60 years, we've gone much further, reaching new planets and even the edge of the solar system. Watch as the human race explores the galaxy around us.

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 ...

Ptolemy’s model and many earlier ideas of the Solar System had the Earth at the centre of it. As observations of the motions of the planets became more detailed, the descriptions of the Solar ...

But James Worth, an artist and web designer, has built a scroll-able map of the solar system that's scaled according to the real distances between the planets. He calls it "If the moon were only 1 ...

The solar system has many more moons than the one we can see in the sky. But how many do we actually know about? And how many more are waiting to be discovered? Faint signatures detected by the ...