Earth, our home planet, is a world unlike any other. The third planet from the sun, Earth is the only place in the known universe confirmed to host life. With a radius of 3,959 miles, Earth is the ...

The fifth planet from the sun, Jupiter is what watercolor dreams are made of. Vibrant bands of clouds ripple around its thick atmosphere, making up a world so large that more than 1,300 Earths ...

There are a collection of surprising facts about planets orbiting the sun. Mercury is the closest and fastest reaching a speed of 200,000 kmph. On Venus a day is longer than a year due to its ...