Cinematic Universe Explorer

Learn the solar system by flying through it.

Switch between free exploration and a guided lesson. Click any world to inspect it, or start the narrated tour to move from the Milky Way to the Sun and then outward through all eight planets.

Mode Interactive Explore
Current Focus Sun

Ambient soundtrack and guided voice are off.

Planet Visits

Sun + all 8 planets
Focus Solar Neighborhood
Scale Solar System
Era Present Day
Expansion Subtle Drift

Scroll or use the scale slider to zoom. Drag on the canvas to orbit the view, click planets to study them, and press F for fullscreen.

Guided Tour

Welcome to the Milky Way

Stop 1 of 10

We begin in our home galaxy, then travel from the Sun through the planets in order to compare what each world is made of and how it behaves.

Now Visiting Milky Way
Highlight Our solar system is one tiny part of the Milky Way