{{current_slide_index}} / {{total_slide_count}}The Sun is a 4.5 billion-year-old yellow dwarf star – a hot
glowing
ball of hydrogen and helium – at the center of our solar system.
It’s about 150 million kilometers from Earth and it’s our solar
system’s only star.
learn moresunsource of lifeage4.5 bilion yearsstar TypeYellow DwarfRadius696,340 kilometerstemperature5,500 degrees Celsius{{current_slide_index}} / {{total_slide_count}}The smallest planet in our solar system and nearest to the Sun,
Mercury is only slightly larger than Earth's Moon. Mercury is the
fastest planet, zipping around the Sun every 88 Earth days.
learn moreLength of Year88 Earth DaysPlanet TypeTerrestrialRadius2,439 kilometersdistance from sun50,784,911 kmmercuryhot and cold{{current_slide_index}} / {{total_slide_count}}Venus is a terrestrial planet and is sometimes called Earth's
"sister planet" because of their similar size, mass, proximity to
the Sun, and bulk composition. It is radically different from Earth
in other respects.learn morevenusthe Evening StarLength of Year225 Earth DaysPlanet TypeTerrestrialRadius6,051 kilometersdistance from sun107,480,968 km{{current_slide_index}} / {{total_slide_count}}Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical
object known to harbor life. While large amounts of water can be
found throughout the Solar System, only Earth sustains liquid
surface water.
learn moreLength of Year365 Earth DaysPlanet TypeTerrestrialRadius6,371 kilometersdistance from sun147,295,031 kmearthhome sweet home{{current_slide_index}} / {{total_slide_count}}Mars is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere, with surface
features reminiscent of the impact craters of the Moon, and the
valleys, deserts and polar ice caps of Earth.learn moremarsthe red planetLength of Year687 Earth DaysPlanet TypeTerrestrialRadius3,390 kilometersdistance from sun224,894,231 km{{current_slide_index}} / {{total_slide_count}}Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the
Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half
times that of all the other planets in the Solar System
combinedlearn morejupiterthe kingLength of Year4,333 Earth DaysPlanet TypeGas GiantRadius71,492 kilometersdistance from sun746,122,626 km{{current_slide_index}} / {{total_slide_count}}Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest
planet in our solar system. Saturn is not the only planet to have
rings, but none are as spectacular or as complex as Saturn's. Saturn
also has dozens of moons.learn moresaturnThe Ringed OneLength of Year10,759 Earth DaysPlanet TypeGas GiantRadius58,232 kilometersdistance from sun147,295,031 km{{current_slide_index}} / {{total_slide_count}}The seventh planet from the Sun with the third largest diameter in
our solar system, Uranus is very cold and windy. It is surrounded by
13 faint rings and 27 small moons as it rotates at a nearly
90-degree angle from the plane of its orbit.
learn moreLength of Year30.687 Earth DaysPlanet TypeIce GiantRadius25,362 kilometersdistance from sun2,935,484,463 kmuranusSEVENTH WANDERER{{current_slide_index}} / {{total_slide_count}}Neptune is the eighth and farthest-known Solar planet from the
Sun.
In the Solar System, it is the fourth-largest planet by diameter,
the third-most-massive planet, and the densest giant
planet.learn moreneptuneWay Out ThereLength of Year165 Earth DaysPlanet TypeIce GiantRadius24,622 kilometersdistance from sun4,475,931,034 km
