You are now at the heart of our solar system. Sol, our sun, is a yellow dwarf star, a hot ball of glowing gases. Its […] Read More
Category: Solar System
You are right, it is Mercury. You have just traveled a distance of about 36 million miles (58 million kilometers) or 0.39 AU. The smallest […] Read More
Venus, it is! The second planet from the Sun and our closest planetary neighbor, Venus is similar in structure and size to Earth, but it […] Read More
Well, here we are 93 million miles from the sun or 1 AU. Everybody you know or have known lives on this planet. While Earth […] Read More
Welcome to Mars. The fourth planet from the Sun, Mars is a dusty, cold, desert world with a very thin atmosphere. This dynamic planet has […] Read More
That was a little walk! We are now entering the part of our Solar System where the planets are made of gas. The first planet […] Read More
You have now arrived at one of the most interesting and well-loved planets, Saturn. Known for its beautiful rings. It is not the only planet […] Read More
Congratulations! Did you realize it was Uranus? The first planet found with the aid of a telescope, Uranus was discovered in 1781 by astronomer William […] Read More
