Teaching tools > Solar system

Online Explorations

• Solar System Trading Cards

Lithographs

• Mars
• Mars 2003: Closest Approach
• Jovian Planets
• Jupiter's Red Spot Jr.
• Saturn's Rings

Fast Facts

• The Sun
• Mercury
• Venus
• Earth
• The Moon
• Mars
• Jupiter
• Saturn
• Uranus
• Neptune
• Asteroid Eros
• Asteroid Ida
• Asteroid Vesta
• Comet 9P/Tempel 1
• Comet Hale-Bopp
• Comet Halley
• Dwarf planet, Ceres
• Dwarf planet, Eris
• Dwarf planet, Haumea
• Dwarf planet, Makemake
• Dwarf planet, Pluto
• Jupiter's moon, Callisto
• Jupiter's moon, Europa
• Jupiter's moon, Ganymede
• Jupiter's moon, Io
• Mars' moon, Deimos
• Mars' moon, Phobos
• Neptune's moon, Triton
• Saturn's moon, Titan

Q&As

• Our solar system

Myths vs. realities

• Solar system

Tales of …

• An asteroid disintegrating as Hubble watches
• Dust storms seen on Mars
• Finding potential Kuiper Belt targets for New Horizons Pluto mission
• Neptune's first circuit around the Sun since its discovery
• Pluto's changing surface
• The first image of a planet orbiting another star
• The hunt for life on other worlds
• Water-rich planetary building blocks found around white dwarf

Graphic Organizers

• Comparison of comets and asteroids
• Comparison of rocky and gas planets

Star Witness news

• An Icy Traveler Sweeps Past Mars
• Asteroid with Six Comet-like Tails Surprises Astronomers
• Closing in on Saturn's Rings
• Dawn Spacecraft Will Go Asteroid-Hopping
• Hubble: A Lunar Prospecting Machine
• Hubble Witnesses Fireworks From Comet Collision
• Icy Visitor Makes First Appearance to Inner Solar System
• Jupiter's Trademark Red Spot Is Shrinking
• Lunar Double Whammy — Spacecraft Hunt for Water on Moon
• New Horizons: A Pluto-bound Spacecraft Gets a Boost From Jupiter
• New Moons for Pluto!
• No Spring Picnic on Neptune
• Pluto's Growing Family
• Returning Comet Holmes Dazzles Sky Watchers
• The Red Planet: Up Close and Personal
• Uncovering the Secrets of Pluto
• Xena: The Tenth Planet?

Teaching tools > Solar system