Offers a detailed look at the heavenly bodies that make up the solar system, describing the eight planets that orbit the Sun, the moons, asteroids, and dwarf planets in the system, and the spacecrafts humans have created to explore the stars.

Includes index.

Planet Earth and its neighbors -- What is a planet? -- Changing worlds -- Skywatching -- Space age exploration -- The Sun -- Mercury -- Venus -- Earth -- Water world -- Living planet -- The Moon -- Exploring the Moon -- Mars -- The red planet -- Roving on Mars -- Asteroids -- Jupiter -- Jupiter's moons -- Saturn -- Saturn's rings -- Saturn's moons -- Visiting the giants -- The outer solar system -- Uranus -- Neptune -- The dwarf planets -- Comets -- Exoplanets -- Did you know? -- Solar system facts -- Timeline.