This article was originally published at The Conversation. The publication contributed the article to Space.com's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights. The size of the solar system is defined by the volume ...

Explore the vastness of the Solar System in this video, which accurately showcases the relative sizes of the planets and their actual distances from the Sun.

The size of rooftop solar installations continues to rise, with Australian Energy Council (AEC) analysis of the Clean Energy Regulator’s (CER) latest Quarterly Carbon Market Report revealing that the ...

Astronomers have discovered a dense stellar nursery packed with infant stars in a vast "cosmic ink blot." The team made the discovery using one of the most powerful digital cameras in the world: the ...

Have you ever wondered just how big space really is? It’s huge. In fact, it’s astronomical! The Colorado Scale Model Solar System depicts the Sun, the planets, and the distances between them all on ...

This story appears in the July 2013 issue of National Geographic magazine. The dust speck had been plucked from the tail of a comet more than 200 million miles away. Now, under an electron microscope ...

Gareth Dorrian does not work for, consult, own shares in or receive funding from any company or organization that would benefit from this article, and has disclosed no relevant affiliations beyond ...