Welcome to Planets for Kids I really hope you enjoy the information that I have provided on this website. You will find lots of information about our solar system with lots of questions and …

MERCURY Each time you look up to the sky and see a star you are looking at a sun in another galaxy. If you were on another planet looking back at our solar system, you would see our sun …

Introduction: As long as human beings have been looking into the night sky, we have been wondering what is out there. Many cultures have created stories, myths, and songs about …

Introduction: Our solar system is in the Milky Way galaxy and located in an outer spiral arm. This is where we call “home.” The solar system is made up of some major and minor players, all of …

Venus was one of the planets that many civilizations recognized. Named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty

It’s thought that many civilizations recognized the planet Mercury as far back as 5,000 years. It was named about the Roman messenger god that was known for moving fast

Jupiter was named after the Roman king of the gods. It’s the fifth planet from the sun in our solar system and the largest planet of all

Saturn has a diameter that is the second largest in our solar system. It is the 6th planet and since Saturn and Jupiter share so much of the makeup

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is one of the terrestrial planets. It has a distinctive red color and was therefore associated with battles

Galaxies are huge spans of gas, dust, dark matter, and from a million to trillions of stars. Everything in a galaxy is bound by gravity