Our solar system is a pretty astounding place, but sometimes it is hard to really grasp it. So Here are 5 of the best images that help you conceptualize our little corner of the cosmos ...

In our thinking, our solar system had finally joined the larger universe, and diagrams like these showed us as just one system in a larger galactic neighborhood.

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To receive the same amount of starlight as Mars receives from our sun, a planet orbiting an M-type red dwarf would have to be positioned much closer to its star than Mercury is to the sun.

A study published in April describes the most accurate measurement yet made of the center of the Solar System.

Science Did you know that Jupiter does NOT orbit the sun? It's true! This giant planet in our solar system doesn't play by the same rules as its other neighbors.