Our little corner of the universe is full of planets, moons, and a sun. How much do you know about our galactic neighborhood?

Did you know it takes light only 8 minutes to travel from the Sun to the Earth - but 176 years to drive the same distance?

Mercury has tall hills and high cliffs - perfect for rock climbing. Unfortunately, even with a ton of sunblock, you'd fry up there.

Venus has mountains, valleys and volcanoes just like Earth. But before you pack your bags, read on...

Even though 70 per cent of our planet is covered in water, we can only use one percent of it. Earth is also the only planet that humans can live on because we have the most oxygen and water.

Thirty-seven years ago, astronaut Neil Armstrong was the first man to step onto the Moon. Find out what we know about this extraterrestrial body today.

The largest planet is well known for its Great Red Spot. The colorful swirl of gases on Jupiter is actually a hurricane about the size of two Earths. Scared yet?

It's the second largest planet in our solar system and it's named after a god! Read on about Saturn, its 30 moons and a whole lot more, right here!

Uranus is always picked on. It isn't named after a body part. And here's another tip. It's not pronounced "your anus." You say the name of this planet, "yoor a nus." All together now.

What planet hasn't made an entire circle around the sun since it was discovered? That'd be Neptune but you already knew that didn't you. Now can you tell me why the planet is such a deep blue?

There's a lot about the universe we haven't figured out yet. Get the scoop on what we know - and don't know - about black holes!

Space experts say they’ve found large amounts of a gas that could be a sign of life on the red planet.

New pictures from Mars have revealed that water was running freely on the red planet about one million years ago.

When the space shuttle Discovery lifted off last month, it was carrying a human guinea pig with the crew!