But what’s it like on other planets? There are eight planets in our solar system. The closest one to the sun is Mercury, then it’s Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.

Artwork: the Kepler-90 system is the first to tie with our Solar System in number of planets Nasa has found a distant star circled by eight planets, equal to the complement in our own Solar System.

If you’d like to see all the planets of our solar system, this is a good week to do so. Step outside at dusk and you’ll notice the most obvious of planets ...

The solar system is primarily comprised of our sun — which makes up the vast majority of its mass — and the eight planets ... Constellations quiz: Can you name all the animals, objects ...