Solar system information

Earth is part of the Solar System, which is in itself a part of the Milky Way Galaxy. This Galaxy is among the group that compose the Virgo Supercluster, one of many who are supposed to construct the Universe.

A collection of cool facts about the Sun and all the planets in our solar system (sorry Pluto). The Sun makes up 99.86% of the

This Solar System anchor chart is a great way to reinforce the concept with your students. I have included two copies of the chart so you can either print it as a full sheet or two to a page.

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Planets of solar system vector cartoon set on dark sky space background. Mars and pluto, neptune and venus, uranus and saturn illustration. Download a free preview or high-quality Adobe Illustrator (ai), EPS, PDF, SVG vectors and high-res JPEG and PNG images.

It’s hard to make a true-color family portrait of the solar system. It turns out that most photos of planets aren’t true colors! Here's my attempt, using the best NASA photos I could find.

We are all pretty excited about the fly-by of Pluto. We get pretty excited about space and science over here and I thought I’d share a few of the really cool things we’ve learned. On Tuesday (July 14), the US spacecraft, New Horizons, will fly by Pluto. It will come closest on Tuesday morning — at 7:49 a.m. EDT. The fly-by will last for just 8 to 10 hours. It will...