Explore space with these fun solar system worksheets. Kids will learn about planets, moon phases, and space exploration through hands-on activities. Perfect for home or classroom use, these ...

You might think, then, that the coldest planet in the Solar System would be Neptune, as it is the furthest away from the Sun’s warmth. Neptune is an incredible three billion miles away from the Sun.

Our moon is not the biggest moon in the solar system — not by a long shot. In fact, the Moon is only the fifth biggest satellite in our solar system, wedged right between Io and Europa in size.

A t the same time our solar system has been busy culling its planet herd (goodbye, Pluto) the rest of the solar system has been busy adding them—or at least we’ve been busy discovering them ...

Perhaps this ability to change a planet could make somewhere else in the Solar System suitable for us to live. This planet engineering is called “terraforming”. In our Solar System, the most ...

While these planets in our solar system are incredibly cold, there are even chillier places in the universe. The coldest of all is the Boomerang Nebula , a cloud of dust and gas 30 million billion ...

The planets in our Solar System are heated by the Sun. Here on Earth, we are about 100 million miles away from the Sun – a distance that provides the perfect temperature for life. You might think, ...