At 4.6 billion years old, the Solar System is our solid, secure home in an ever-changing universe. But how did it come to arrive at its current state? We trace the system’s birth from a thin cloud of dust and gas. Shocked into action by the nearby supernova, the pull of gravity and natural rotation from this exploding star spun our system into a flat disc, from which the Sun and planets coalesced. Over the course of 700 million years, the planets jockeyed for position in orbit, dodging a brutal bombardment of asteroids and comets, and eventually settling into the neat, stable system that scientists now believe may be a rarity in the universe. Explore the history of our Solar System for the first time in spectacular 3D!
