Shane Gehlert used a combination of NASA models and digital animation to create I Need Some Space, a brief educational tour of the planets, moons, and spacecraft spinning through our solar system.

A web developer named Alex Giron has created a working model of the solar system using only web standards. It’s fully animated — though Alex takes advantage of some new CSS 3 features (border ...

In an incredible animation by Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency (JAXA) astronomer James O'Donoghue, the true scale of the Solar System can truly be appreciated, as well as the rotational speeds ...

Ever wonder how differently the planets in our solar system are rotating? A planetary scientist put the best parts of the planets in a single globe animation to show just how.

An astronomer has posted an awesome animation that has put into perspective the true scale of planets within our solar system.

Nicolaus Copernicus Animated Google Doodle Models Heliocentric Solar System A Google Doodle today celebrates Nicolaus Copernicus, the Renaissance astronomer who pushed forward the (at the time) ...

Loving this fantastic introduction to our local star system, created by the folks at Kurzgesagt. It’s clear, clean, concise – and beautifully animated, to boot. The solar system – well known ...

Researchers have created the first model to animate the life cycle of a solar flare, laying the groundwork for future models that could predict flares generated by solar weather.