Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. An illustration of the solar system showing the orbits of the planets around the sun. From an early age, we are taught to ...
The sun is the star at the center of our solar system. It's the largest, brightest and most massive object in the solar system, and it provides the light and heat that life on Earth depends on.
From an early age, we are taught to understand that the planets of our solar system change in position while orbiting a central star, the sun. But does the sun itself move within the solar system?