Educational and research organization, the Apollo Society, provides links to info about the planets, the Sun, and the comets and asteroids.
Review a basic guide to astronomical terms and ideas, with a discussion of the creation of planets and stars. Read about black holes.
Guided tour of the solar system includes video footage of different planets and exploration missions. With current space news.
Generates a list of what constellation each planet is in for every month of a specific year. Includes notes and a constellation abbr. table.
Get a general overview of how the solar system is classified by celestial bodies. Also lists observational differences between planets.
Find out more about how the solar system maintains a planetary balance. Link to articles about satellites, and take an easy quiz.
Explore the makeup of the space between the planets in the Solar System. Describes the medium's contents, radiation, temperature and magnetism.
University of Victoria student introduces the planets, the Sun, and the types of stars. Check the glossary, or visit the teachers' center.
Get an in-depth look at NASA's past and current space missions, such as Cassini and Deep Space 1. View a long list of space-related links.
Defines a class of objects, such as planets or moons, which revolve around a larger celestial body.
Introduces the Sun, its nine major satellites, their moons, and other local objects such as asteroids and comets.
Find out about the research centre located in the California Institute of Technology. With space shuttle images, news and information on planets.
View encyclopedic data on the nine planets in Earth's solar system, plus detail on their moons. Features images, statistics, and multimedia, as well as scholarly links.
Discover research and factsheets about the solar system, with links to the planets. Provides a history of its evolution.
Presents pictures and descriptions of all the planets and describes in detail the their composition and measurements.
Directory provides links to information and images of the solar system and all the planets, the Sun, the moon, and exploratory missions.
NASA archive provides data relating to the study of the surfaces and interiors of terrestrial planetary bodies.
Get a behind-the-scenes look at how the planets are named, approved, and officially recognized. Find a list of links to linguistic articles.
National Space Science Data Center has news about current and future exploratory missions, planetary happenings, experiment results, and images.
View an image gallery for and a factsheet about each of the nine planets. Offers an extensive list of astronomical links.
Kids resource points out the difference between an inner and an outer planet. Includes links to specific details on each of the nine planets.
Teachers can design lesson plans, utilize pre-made lesson plans, or download images, maps, videos, and interactive tools about the solar system.
Educational guide for teachers offers ways to get students excited about the solar system through a list of resourceful links.
Produce your own image of the solar system in real time or for any selected date, and track the path of an asteroid or comet.
Explore news and information concerning solar flares, geomagnetic storms, coronal holes, asteroids, comets and other occurrences in space.
Provides a comprehensive array of up-to-date news articles on research and findings in our home solar system.
Explore the Sun's effect on the Earth through classroom activities, tutorials, images, movies, sounds and news. Find details on NASA missions.
Review this educational guide for kids about the dynamics of the solar system. Provides definitions of more technical terms.
Undergraduate course presents an overview of the night sky, planets, asteroids, and local comets. Includes a basic history of astronomy.
Multimedia guide to the solar system and man's study and exploration of it. Find images, videos, planetary data and student resources.
View a collection of the best images from NASA's planetary exploration program. Includes color photographs of the space explorers.
View a collection of planetary images from NASA's space explorations. Get a glossary of terms and a list of planet profiles.