The Sun and Every Planet, with NASA Facts
Click any world below for its distance from Earth, size, temperature, gravity, moons, and more — or explore them all together in the interactive 3D solar system.
Our star — a giant ball of plasma fusing hydrogen into helium, radiating the light and heat that makes every planet's story possible.
The smallest and fastest planet, scorched by day and frozen by night with almost no atmosphere to hold any heat.
A runaway greenhouse world wrapped in thick toxic clouds — the hottest planet in the solar system despite not being closest to the Sun.
The only known world with liquid water oceans, a breathable atmosphere, and life — our home in the dark.
The Red Planet, home to the solar system's tallest volcano and a thin, freezing atmosphere — Earth's best hope for human visitors.
The solar system's largest planet, a swirling giant of gas dominated by the centuries-old storm known as the Great Red Spot.
Famous for its breathtaking ring system made of billions of ice and rock particles, ranging from dust grains to house-sized chunks.
An ice giant tipped almost completely on its side, rolling around the Sun like a ball instead of spinning upright.
The windiest planet known, with supersonic storms screaming across a deep blue, frigid atmosphere at the edge of the solar system.
A distant dwarf planet of nitrogen ice plains and mountains, reclassified in 2006 but still beloved as the solar system's ninth world.