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treasure troves of precious metals and jewels, and extreme conditions that turn what we know here on Earth on its head. Here are some of the most dizzying facts about our solar system.

Even so, there are parts of the distant Solar System that we know about, such as the Kuiper Belt. It's all good and well knowing facts about space, but how do you get there? Find out here.

The way people think of the Solar System has changed many times throughout history. Before the development of the telescope, these ideas were based on what could be seen with the naked eye.

The building blocks of life could have been delivered to solar system dwarf planet Ceres by one or more space rocks from the outer asteroid belt. NASA OSIRIS-REx asteroid sample return team has ...