The Sun is the star in our solar system. It is known as a G class star, a yellow dwarf star. It’s surface temperature is about 5,500 degrees Celsius, and at that temperature, a star will look yellow. In this…
The closest planet to the Sun is naturally very hot. It’s also small and rocky, with loads of craters. The colours shown here are not what Mercury looks like to our eyes. The picture has been coloured to show different…
Earth has one moon (also called a natural satellite). It’s the only other place in the solar system people have visited outside the Earth. Not counting orbiting the Earth in man-made satellites! Moon factfile Position from the sun orbits…
As Jupiter is another gas giant, Tanno and Iguda could only visit some of its moons. In particular, they went to Io and Europa. Io is a rocky, volcanic moon, you can see its Tvashtar volcano exploding near the top…
Exploring Saturn took Tanno and Iguda to the moons Titan and Enceladus. Saturn has more than 80 moons. If you look closely at the image above you might be able to spot some of them. Here Titan has been photographed…
“…the evening star, the morning star, or the shepherd’s star–has never failed to attract the rapturous admiration of the most indifferent observers…” Jules Verne’s “Venus in Perilous Proximity” Venus factfile Position from the sun 2nd planet Diameter 12,100 km…
Finally, Iguda and Tanno headed back to our home planet, Earth. It’s the only place that scientists have confirmed that life exists. And what an incredible planet it is: Earth factfile Position from the sun 3rd planet Diameter 12,700…
