An overview of spiral galaxies: structure, dynamics, formation, and evolution.
An overview of the phases of our Moon.
The true scale difference between Neptune and Earth.
An overview of Earth, our home planet.
The true scale difference between Mars and Mercury.
The Moon rendered as a planetary sphere with accurate texture, plus details about its discovery, distance from Earth, physical properties, and name.
Pluto rendered as a planetary sphere with texture, plus details about its discovery, distance from the Sun, special qualities, moons, and name.
A simulation showing the true scale difference between Saturn and Uranus.
Saturn rendered as a planetary sphere with accurate texture, plus details about its discovery, distance from the Sun, rings, moons, and name.
Watch a circumbinary planet weave around a pair of dancing suns, complete with barycentric motion and atmospheric glow.
A binary star where one planet orbits only the primary while a companion sun loops nearby.
Follow a lone exoplanet as it sweeps along an eccentric orbit and shows off its tilted, glowing atmosphere.
Three suns chase each other around a barycenter while a lone planet clings to one star’s offset orbit.
Line up the Solar System planets at a uniform size to compare colors, cloud bands, and surface detail side by side.
Line up of every Solar System planet from Mercury to Neptune with true-to-scale radii and synchronized axial rotation.
Explore each Solar System planet in isolation; spin them up one by one and learn what makes every world unique.
Watch every major planet trace its orbit from a clean, top-down perspective with physically lit textures and time-accurate motion.
A simulation showing the immense scale difference between Jupiter and Venus, with context on mass, gravity, and appearance.
True scale difference between Jupiter and Saturn.
A simulation showing the true scale difference between Mercury and Jupiter.
A simulation showing the true scale difference between Earth and the Moon.
A simulation showing the true scale difference between Jupiter and Neptune.
A simulation showing the true scale difference between Jupiter and Earth.
The true scale difference between Mars and Earth.
Mercury rendered as a planetary sphere with accurate texture, plus details about its discovery, distance from the Sun, special qualities, and name.
Uranus rendered as a planetary sphere with accurate texture, plus details about its discovery, properties, and name.
Venus rendered as a planetary sphere with accurate texture, plus details about its discovery, distance from the Sun, atmosphere, and name.
The largest planet in the Solar System.
The red planet.
Neptune rendered as a planetary sphere with accurate texture, plus details about its discovery, distance from the Sun, special qualities, moons, and name.
A simulation showing the true scale difference between Saturn and Neptune.