Astronomy 201: Planets

Provides answers to questions regarding planets and dwarf planets. Ask an Astronomer is run by volunteers in the Astronomy Department at Cornell University.

The Exoplanet Data Explorer is an interactive table and plotter for exploring and displaying data from the Exoplanet Orbit Database. The Exoplanet Orbit Database is a carefully constructed compilation of quality, spectroscopic orbital parameters of exoplanets orbiting normal stars from the peer-reviewed literature, and updates the Catalog of nearby exoplanets.

Provided by the Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum. Here, you can explore the planets, moons, asteroids, dwarf planets, and comets in our solar system, and learn about the spacecraft that travel great distances to study them.

"Eyes on the Solar System" is a 3-D environment full of real NASA mission data. Explore the cosmos from your computer. Hop on an asteroid. Fly with NASA's Voyager spacecraft. See the entire solar system moving in real time. It's up to you. You control space and time

Contains information, related links, videos regarding giant planets such as what & where they are, atmospheres, interiors, and magnetospheres. Provided by the Laboratory for Atmospheric and Space Physics at the University of Colorado Boulder.

Provides key information and scientific evidence on the global climate change. Global Climate Change is produced by the Earth Science Communications Team at
NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory / California Institute of Technology

To help you explore the far reaches of our universe, we have teamed up with astronomers at some of the largest observatories in the world to bring you a new view of the sky. Using Google Maps this tool provides an exciting way to browse and explore the universe. You can find the positions of the planets and constellations on the sky and even watching the birth of distant galaxies as seen by the Hubble Space Telescope.

Search for exoplanets!
Planet Hunters is a collaboration between Yale University and the Zooniverse. The lightcurves provided on the site are from the publicly released data obtained by NASA's Kepler mission.

Mars Science Laboratory is a rover that will assess whether Mars ever was, or is still today, an environment able to support microbial life. In other words, its mission is to determine the planet's "habitability." Explore the planet, equipment, and other elements of this mission.

This website is an overview of the history, mythology and current scientific knowledge of the planets, moons and other objects in our solar system. Each page has text and NASA's images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information.

Cassini's epic journey to the ringed planet, told by the people who helped make it happen

Information charts about several planets provided by NASA.