The solar system is a collection of celestial bodies held together by the sun's gravitational pull. Our solar system is located in the Milky Way galaxy. The solar system consists of eight planets, ...

With so many interesting solar system facts, we've narrowed them down to 25 of our favorites. Our solar system consists of the sun and everything that orbits that sun, like the eight (once nine) ...

How big it is: 865,000 miles (1.392 million kilometers) across How far away it is: 93 million miles (150 million km) What type of star it is: A yellow dwarf star The sun is the star at the center of ...