Planet pictures

If you're familiar with Mercury, it's likely because of those dreaded retrogrades!

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This false-colour image of Mercury was made using data collected by NASA’s MESSENGER spacecraft, designed to study the planet’s surface.

Astronomers discover 12 new moons in orbit of Jupiter – News of July 24, 2018 – We may think that if we try to discover planets in other systems, it is because we found all that there was to find in the solar system. However, it is a misconception : the objects of the solar… Read more

The order of the planets from the Sun, starting closest and moving outwards: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune.

In his widely-accepted theory of constructivism, renowned child psychologist Jean Piaget said that children learn best experientially -- through hands-on learning.

This enhanced-color picture from NASA's Voyager shows Saturn, its rings, and four of its icy satellites. Tethys, Dione, and Rhea are visible against the darkness of space, and another smaller satellite (Mimas) is visible against Saturn's cloud tops.

Uranus was first spotted in the night sky On This Day in 1781, by astronomer William Herschel, who originally thought it was either a comet or a star. Teach kids about the discovery of the “bull’s eye planet” and other similar ones here!