Everyone knows about the Solar System, and the planets that make it up. They’re in space, orbiting the Sun, in an order we all at least used to be able to recite. But it was not always so.

Take a look behind the scenes and find out how The Planets team brought the worlds of the Solar System to life. BBC Two’s The Planets features spectacular reconstructions of the most dramatic ...

Astronomers have discovered two new exoplanets that are similar to other worlds found in the Milky Way, but are unlike any in our own solar system. The two exoplanets, or planets outside of our ...