In the above animation, the Sun, Jupiter and Saturn are shown orbiting the barycentre of our solar system. The barycentre is the centre of mass of two or more orbiting bodies and is the point in ...

He created a series of animations that explore the difficulty of accurately depicting our solar system. "Think about the vastness of space long enough and chills are sent down the spine," O ...

In reality, the planets—and even the Sun itself—are orbiting a point known as the center of mass of the solar system. A scientist has created an animation to show how the planets and even the ...

In our solar system, that point rarely lines up with the center of the sun. To demonstrate this, O'Donoghue created the animation below, which shows how the sun, Saturn, and Jupiter play tug-of ...