Statistical data, general features, key terms, characteristics, and influences of the sun.

This site is astronomy for kids and teachers! Here students can learn about the planet Earth of the Solar System including fun facts, mass, day, year, and distance from the Sun.

Discover interesting information about the planet Mars through a vast archive of photographs and scientific facts.

Discover interesting information about the planet Venus through a vast archive of photographs and scientific facts.

Get the facts about African Lions! What do they eat? Where do they live? This site has a fact sheet for all of your questions.

This impressive compilation of ideas is a great source for space science. Loaded with extra links for further information on the solar system.

A general introduction to Mars. Includes a glossary of terms and two images of Mars. Many interspersed links to more graphics and more detailed information about the planet Mars. Also includes a printable version and links to other...

The purpose of this lesson is to introduce learners to the planet Mars. This lesson will begin by discussing the location and size of Mars relative to Earth, as well as introduce many interesting facts about this red planet. Next, the...

Discover interesting facts about Earth's partner, the moon, which is more like a double planet than a planet and a moon.

Discover interesting facts about Jupiter, the largest planet in the solar system.

Discover interesting facts about Saturn, the second-largest planet in the Solar System.

Find lots of information about our planet Earth here. Covers basic facts, Earth's history, layers of the Earth, plate tectonics, composition of the atmosphere, Earth's magnetic field, and some facts about our moon.

Travel site provides geographical facts, stunning photographs and maps of Paraguay, plus notes on the culture, history, environment, and tourist attractions.

Test your knowledge of the animal kingdom by taking this interactive quiz. Twenty multiple choice questions that offer immediate feedback to responses. If you need help, a link is available to facts about more than 50 animal species.

Discover interesting facts about comets, an icy time capsule left over from the birth of planets.

Concise travel site provided for by the Lonely Planet lists basic facts about New Zealand. Map and beautiful photographs included.

When we look at the night sky, we see stars and the nearby planets of our own solar system. Many of those stars are actually distant galaxies and glowing clouds of dust and gases called nebulae. The universe is an immense space with...

Learn fun facts and details about the geography and composition of Earth, the third closest planet to the sun and the only planet that contains life.

Get the facts about cheetahs! What do they eat? Where do they live?

Information is provided about the eclipse of 1999; in addition, facts about elcipses throughout history are also included.

Learn fun facts and details about the atmosphere, geography, composition, and discovery of Pluto, a dwarf planet.

Learn fun facts and details about the weather, geography, composition, and discovery of Mars, the fourth closest planet to the Sun.

Learn fun facts and details about the atmosphere, geography, composition, and discovery of Venus, the second closest planet to the sun.

Learn fun facts and details about the atmosphere, composition, and discovery of Uranus, the seventh closest planet to the sun.