Our solar system is made up of a star—the Sun—eight planets, more than 140 moons, a bunch of comets, asteroids and space rocks, ice, and several dwarf planets, such as Pluto. Credits: NASA/Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory/Carnegie Institution of Washington (Mercury), USGS Astrogeology Science Center (Venus, Mars), NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center/Space Telescope Science Institute (Jupiter), NASA/JPL/Space Science Institute (Saturn) and NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (Earth, Jupiter, Uranus)
Check out some pictures of our solar system captured by NASA’s missions!
