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How many planets are there like Earth?
A beginners' guide to exoplanets
How to spot an alien Earth
How do we know how far away the moon is?
Alien spotting comes down to Earth
Why is Pluto no longer considered a planet?
Your life on Mars
Creative Physics
What causes the Earth's magnetic field?
What are the northern lights?
All about... the Venus transit
All about... SETI
Are we really all made of stardust?
Top 4 Bonkers things about the universe
How does GPS work?
Why do earthquakes happen?

How Planet Hunting Works
A brief description of how Planet Hunting works. This site is part of Marshall Brain's HowStuffWorks.com. Description of how planets form. Definition of a planet.

Super planet crash
Drop planets around a star and see how long they last. Score points by placing the planets in the habitable zone. Can you make your solar system last 500 years?

Where, oh where, does that planet go?
An elementary quiz based on the position and orbits of the planets.

How to measure the atmosphere of another planet
Read how spectroscopy is used to determine what makes up the atmosphere of planets

Detect The Jupiter Like Planet Around Three Stars
Details of how large planets have been detected around three other solar type stars. Understanding Doppler wobble aided by an exercise.

Welcome to the Planets
a selection of the "best images" of planets (minor planets etc, and instruments) from NASA.

Planet Science
Planet Science contains lots of great articles and activities in all areas of science plus some brilliant little games.

Welcome to the Planets
A site containing lots of images of the planets in the solar system and the machines used to take the pictures. This site also contains a comprehensive glossary of space terms.

Kepler's Tally of Planets
A really interesting data visualisation of all the planets Kepler has found, complete with information about their size, temperature, and distance and period of orbit.