Science Focus Education Pack: Our Solar System

The Voyager space probes will outlast our Sun as they travel through interstellar space – here are the key facts and figures we’ve learned in these past 40 years.

Comets may hold the secret to life on Earth. That’s why scientists are designing a mission that will pay a visit to one of these enigmatic, icy travellers to take a closer look.

As the New Horizon’s spacecraft ventures deeper into the distant Kuiper belt, we take a look at what we’re learning from this groundbreaking mission.

Space scientist and presenter of The Sky at Night Dr Maggie Aderin-Pocock explains five of her favourite facts about the Solar System.

Celebrate the absolute vastness of the cosmos with some of the best books about space, which demand a galaxy-sized bookshelf to store them on.

There are 174 known moons out there, spinning around the celestial bodies of our Solar System, so we’ve decided to pick out our favourites.

This is the story of how we uncovered the Moon's explosive origins

Beyond Neptune, a handful of small worlds are moving in harmony. Astronomers think they might be dancing to the tune of a third world lurking in the darkness, one that’s four times bigger than Earth and significant enough to be named our Solar System’s ninth planet. Now they think they know exactly where to look for it…