planets

Provides information about space, discussing the solar system, the sun, moon, stars, planets, astronauts, and space exploration. Features pages to be read aloud by beginning readers and adults.

A descrption of the planets.

Presents the second season of the History Channel television series "The Universe," which explores topics such as alien planets, cosmic holes, the moon, the Milky Way, dark matter, astrobiology, colonizing space, nebulas, gravity, cosmic collisions, and constellations.

Offers a detailed look at the heavenly bodies that make up the solar system, describing the eight planets that orbit the Sun, the moons, asteroids, and dwarf planets in the system, and the spacecrafts humans have created to explore the stars.

Presents an introduction to astronomy, each planet in the solar system, space technology and more. Includes activities.

Simple text and illustrations introduce the nine planets of our universe.

Simple rhyming text describes the stars and planets of the solar system.

While at the beach, Geronimo Stiltonix stumbles upon a mysterious treasure map. The spacemice follow it and end up on Aquarix, a planet that's entirely underwater. During their exploration, they face fur-eating seaweed, ferocious piranha aliens, and...pirate spacecats! Can the spacemice keep the spacecats from stealing the treasure?.

A brief introduction to Mercury, the first planet in the solar system, describing its orbit, unique characteristics, surface, and related topics.

Colorful illustrations and simple rhyming text to the tune of "Over in the Meadow" describe the planets that revolve around the sun.