Chapter 05

Your very own
solar system.

All eight planets, together! Choose a planet and fly there in Nina’s paper spaceship.

Sun

Choose a planet and fly there in Nina’s paper spaceship! Drag to turn the whole model.

Scroll or pinch to zoom • Sizes, distances, and positions are arranged for exploring.

Choose a planet • Fly there in Nina’s paper spaceship

Give the planets a twirl

Choose a planet to visit, then give it a gentle turn.

Turn this wayA whole turn

NINA’S PICTURE WINDOWS

Galaxies are huge families of stars. Explore their amazing shapes — all inside our one universe.

A GALAXY SHAPED LIKE A RING

Opening a window into space…

1.0×Pinch to zoom · drag to explore

This galaxy looks like a giant wheel! A smaller galaxy passed through it, making rings where new stars form.

Webb telescope image · infrared compositeTwo Webb cameras reveal stars and dust. Scientists assigned visible colors to infrared light our eyes cannot see.Image credit: NASA / ESA / CSA / STScI · View original

Eight planets travel around our Sun. Each one has its own story to discover.