Planets & Dwarf Planets · 13 guides
Planets & Dwarf Planets
The Sun's family: eight planets and the dwarf worlds beyond, each explored in depth.
Start with Mercury Smallest of the planets and closest to the Sun, Mercury is a cratered world of brutal extremes.
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Venus Earth's overheated twin is a runaway greenhouse world hidden under acid clouds.
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Earth The only place in the universe where life is confirmed to exist. We call it home.
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Mars Once wet, now cold, the rusty desert world next door is the main target for human exploration.
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Jupiter The giant of the Solar System. This striped gas world could swallow 1,300 Earths.
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Saturn Wrapped in rings of ice, this golden gas giant is the jewel of the Solar System.
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Uranus The sideways planet: an ice giant that rolls around the Sun on its side.
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Neptune The wildest winds in the Solar System blow on the farthest planet, a deep-blue ice giant.
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Pluto The beloved dwarf planet, a tiny frozen world with a giant heart.
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Ceres The largest object in the asteroid belt is a dwarf planet with salty bright spots and buried brine.
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Eris Pluto's distant, denser twin, and the world that ended the nine-planet era.
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Haumea The spinning egg of the Kuiper Belt, complete with its own ring.
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Makemake The bright Easter dwarf is a frozen world that refused to have air.13 in-depth guides, with every fact labeled and sourced. Star any of them to build your own collection.