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  1. How Did the Solar System Form? - NASA Space Place

    Aug 29, 2022 · The solar system is a pretty busy place. It’s got all kinds of planets, moons, asteroids, and comets zipping around our Sun. But how did this busy stellar neighborhood …

  2. All About the Moon | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

    Sep 25, 2025 · Scientists believe that the Moon formed early in the solar system’s history after Earth and an object about the size of Mars smashed into each other. The impact sent chunks …

  3. Solar System | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

    Sep 25, 2025 · Answer your questions: How many moons do other planets have? What's it like inside Jupiter? How did the solar system form? Why does Saturn have rings? Games Crafts

  4. Solar System | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

    Sep 25, 2025 · Answer your questions: How many moons do other planets have? What's it like inside Jupiter? How did the solar system form? Why does Saturn have rings? Games Crafts

  5. Dwarf planets can teach us a lot about how our solar system formed and how it works. Because they are smaller, dwarf planets change less than planets, essentially freezing the conditions …

  6. All About Pluto | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

    Sep 25, 2025 · With New Horizons, we are visiting and learning about the objects at the very edge of our solar system. They may help us understand how our solar system formed.

  7. How Old Are Galaxies? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

    Sep 25, 2025 · Our universe is about 13.8 billion years old, so most galaxies formed when the universe was quite young! Astronomers believe that our own Milky Way galaxy is …

  8. Small bodies have provided scientists with information ranging from the age of the solar system (and of the Earth) to the possibility that a supernova might have been responsible for creating …

  9. Solar System | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids

    Sep 25, 2025 · Answer your questions: How many moons do other planets have? What's it like inside Jupiter? How did the solar system form? Why does Saturn have rings? Games Crafts

  10. What Is the Kuiper Belt? - NASA Space Place

    Sep 25, 2025 · In 1951 he had the idea that a belt of icy bodies might have existed beyond Neptune when the solar system formed. He was trying to explain where comets with small …