Discover the Wonders of Our Universe
Embark on a journey through space and time as we explore the celestial bodies that make up our solar system.
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Embark on a journey through space and time as we explore the celestial bodies that make up our solar system.
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Our home planet is the only place we know of so far that's inhabited by living things.
Earth is the third planet from the Sun and the only astronomical object known to harbor life. About 29.2% of Earth's surface is land, with the remaining 70.8% covered with water. Earth's atmosphere consists mainly of nitrogen and oxygen.
Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest moon in the solar system.
The Moon is Earth's only natural satellite and the fifth largest moon in the solar system. The Moon's presence helps stabilize our planet's wobble and moderate our climate. The Moon's distance from Earth is about 240,000 miles (385,000km). The Moon has a very thin atmosphere called an exosphere.
The fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System.
Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with a mass more than two and a half times that of all the other planets in the Solar System combined, but slightly less than one-thousandth the mass of the Sun.
