Mercury
The smallest planet and the closest to the Sun, a cratered world of extreme temperature swings.
0.387 AU from the Sun · 0 moons
Venus
Earth's scorching twin, wrapped in a thick toxic atmosphere that traps heat in a runaway greenhouse.
0.723 AU from the Sun · 0 moons
Earth
Our home world — the only known planet with liquid water on its surface and life.
1 AU from the Sun · 1 moon
Mars
The cold, rusty Red Planet, home to the tallest volcano and deepest canyon in the solar system.
1.524 AU from the Sun · 2 moons
Jupiter
The largest planet, a giant ball of gas with a centuries-old storm and dozens of moons.
5.203 AU from the Sun · 95 moons
Saturn
The ringed giant, famous for its bright, wide system of icy rings.
9.537 AU from the Sun · 146 moons
Uranus
An ice giant that rotates on its side, wrapped in a pale blue-green haze of methane.
19.191 AU from the Sun · 28 moons
Neptune
The windiest planet, a deep-blue ice giant on the far edge of the planetary system.
30.069 AU from the Sun · 16 moons