The Sun is the largest object in the Solar System. The Sun’s huge gravitational field keeps many other objects - planets, dwarf planets, asteroids and comets - in orbit around it. The Sun and ...

Comets and asteroids also orbit the sun. Together the Sun, the eight planets, the moons, asteroids and comets make up our Solar System.

Students will design and build a structure that can block the sun to create a shaded area and will test to see if the shady spot is cooler. Sunlight warms the Earth’s surface. Certain structures are ...

The event, described by scientists as "very rare, beautiful, and even a bit strange," involved a cold prominence rich in ...