Narrator (April Hobart, CXC): One star, eight planets, and a myriad of moons, comets and asteroids. This is the Earth's local neighborhood, known as the Solar System.
Despite studying this system for centuries, astronomers still yearn to know much more.
NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory is providing new insight in uncovering new mysteries about objects of all sizes and across distances throughout our Solar System.
See the Solar System through Chandra's eyes.
Revised: February 13, 2013