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I want to learn about our solar system
How do solar cells work?
Why is Pluto no longer considered a planet?
Three alternative ways to charge your iPod
All about... the Venus transit
SODIS - A place in the sun
Under Sunveillance
How do we know how far away the moon is?
Satellites on the blink
Alien spotting comes down to Earth
Your life on Mars
A beginners' guide to exoplanets
Windbelt - Reinventing wind power
Solar System Live
A relatively basic animation that allows you to view the entire Solar system, or just the inner planets (through the orbit of Mars).
Orrery: The Solar System In Action
Site giving information about the solar system, including individual planets, comets, asteroids and meteorites.
Solar system exploration
This NASA site tells you all there is to know about exploring our solar system. With information on all the planets and missions past, present and future.
A taste of Solar Maximum
Read how NASA is watching the space weather from the sun as the solar maximum approaches.
Solar system visualiser
Visit this interactive site to explore the orbits of planets and their moons in our solar system and also in a wide selection of extrasolar planetary systems.
Journey across the solar system
Collection of eyecatching posters from the European Southern Observatory with facts and figures on the solar system. Each poster is available to download in a selection of different file sizes and ...