Library of space wonders
All 61 wonders in one place – planets, moons, comets, stars, nebulae, pulsars, black holes and galaxies. Search for anything, even a scientist’s name.
EarthPlanet · Our home
International Space StationSpace station · Human-made
The MoonNatural satellite
The SunStar · Yellow dwarf
MercuryPlanet · Rocky
VenusPlanet · Rocky
MarsPlanet · Rocky
JupiterPlanet · Gas giant
SaturnPlanet · Gas giant

UranusPlanet · Ice giant
NeptunePlanet · Ice giant

CeresDwarf planet · Asteroid belt
PlutoDwarf planet · Kuiper Belt

HaumeaDwarf planet · Kuiper Belt

MakemakeDwarf planet · Kuiper Belt

ErisDwarf planet · Scattered disc
Halley’s CometComet · Returns every ~76 years
Comet 67P/Churyumov–GerasimenkoComet · The rubber duck
Comet Hale–BoppComet · The Great Comet of 1997
ʻOumuamuaInterstellar object · First visitor from another star
3I/ATLASInterstellar comet · The third visitor

SiriusStar · White main-sequence (binary)
PolarisStar · Yellow supergiant
BetelgeuseStar · Red supergiant
RigelStar · Blue supergiant

VegaStar · White main-sequence

Proxima CentauriStar · Red dwarf
PSR B1257+12 planetsPulsar planets · The very first exoplanets
51 Pegasi bHot Jupiter · First planet around a Sun-like star

HD 209458 b (Osiris)Hot Jupiter · First planet seen crossing its star
TRAPPIST-1Star system · Seven Earth-sized planets
Kepler-186fRocky planet · First Earth-sized world in a habitable zone
K2-18 bSub-Neptune · An ocean world?
OrionConstellation · The Hunter
Ursa Major & the Big DipperConstellation · The Great Bear

CassiopeiaConstellation · The Queen
ScorpiusConstellation · The Scorpion
Crux – the Southern CrossConstellation
CygnusConstellation · The Swan
Orion Nebula (M42)Nebula · Star nursery
The Pleiades (M45)Open star cluster
Pillars of CreationNebula · Eagle Nebula (M16)
Ring Nebula (M57)Planetary nebula · Dying star
Crab Nebula (M1)Supernova remnant
PSR B1919+21 – the first pulsarPulsar · Neutron star
Crab PulsarPulsar · Neutron star

Vela PulsarPulsar · Neutron star
Cygnus X-1Black hole · Stellar-mass
Sagittarius A*Supermassive black hole
M87* – the first black hole photoSupermassive black hole
The Milky WayGalaxy · Barred spiral · Our home
Large Magellanic CloudGalaxy · Satellite of the Milky Way
Small Magellanic CloudGalaxy · Satellite of the Milky Way
Andromeda Galaxy (M31)Galaxy · Spiral
Triangulum Galaxy (M33)Galaxy · Spiral
Whirlpool Galaxy (M51)Galaxy · Interacting spiral
Sombrero Galaxy (M104)Galaxy · Spiral, edge-on
Hubble Ultra Deep FieldDeep field · ~10,000 galaxies
The Big Bang & expanding universeCosmology
Cosmic Microwave BackgroundCosmology · The oldest light
Dark Matter & Dark EnergyCosmology · The great mystery