BBC - Solar System

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The Sun and the planets [9 topics]
Sun
The Sun's core powers the Solar System.
Moons [19 topics]
Titan
Titan is the only moon with a dense atmosphere.
Other Solar System bodies [5 topics]
Oort Cloud
The Solar System's outer edge is predicted to be a source of comets.
Solar System highlights [9 topics]
Sunspot cycle
The number of spots on the Sun is not constant.
Space missions [37 topics]
Surveyor programme
Unmanned probes land on the Moon to study potential landing sites.
Astronauts [8 topics]
Neil Armstrong
The first Moon walker takes a small step.
Scientists [10 topics]
Asaph Hall
A careful observer discovers Mars's moons.

Space stories from BBC News

Launch success for Esa's Cryosat-2 ice mission
Europe's Cryosat-2 spacecraft has launched from Baikonur in Kazakhstan on a mission to map the Earth's ice cover.
'First image' of star's eclipse
The first close-up image of an eclipse beyond the solar system has been captured by scientists.
Solar plane prototype in first test flight
A prototype solar-powered plane has made its first full test flight - coming closer to the goal of using solar energy to fly around the world.
India to launch satellite using own cryogenic engine
India will soon launch an advanced communications satellite, put into orbit for the first time by a cryogenic engine developed by its own scientists.

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The Sun and the planets [9 topics]

Moons [19 topics]

Other Solar System bodies [5 topics]

Solar System highlights [9 topics]

Space missions [37 topics]

Astronauts [8 topics]

Scientists [10 topics]

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Explore astronomy topics

The Sun and the planets [9 topics]

Moons [19 topics]

Other Solar System bodies [5 topics]

Solar System highlights [9 topics]

Space missions [37 topics]

Astronauts [8 topics]

Scientists [10 topics]

Space stories from BBC News

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