In this activity you will make a model Solar System on a strip of paper. From this you can see how the planets in our Solar System are arranged, and how much further away Saturn is compared to Jupiter ...

Students create their solar system model by positioning the paper cut-outs of the planets they made in the activity, Make a Scale Model of the Planets, at the correct distances from their model sun.

We take a look at the current best predictions for what the solar system will look like throughout the rest of the Sun's life ...

The Sun, the star at the centre of the Solar System that gives our planet life, is going through a period known to scientists ...