A fully CSS-powered interactive Solar System with responsive design, orbit animations, and visually stunning effectsβno JavaScript required.
The Solar System Explorer is an interactive, CSS-only project that visualizes our solar system with responsive design, orbiting animations, and hover interactions. This project demonstrates advanced CSS animation skills and front-end creativity.
The project features a fully interactive solar system, including:
- π The Sun at the center with glow effects
- π All major planets with realistic sizes and rotations
- πͺ Saturn's rings and dynamic orbit animations
- π±οΈ Hover interactivity showing planet information
- π± Responsive layout compatible with mobile, tablet, and desktop screens
π Live Demo: Solar System Explorer
π» GitHub Repo: Divyansh3105/SolarExplorer
- π CSS-only orbit and rotation animations for planets
- π± Fully responsive and mobile-first design
- πΌοΈ Interactive planet info on hover
- π¨ Dark space theme with glowing effects
- β‘ Lightweight and optimized, no JavaScript dependencies
- π Deployed on GitHub Pages for easy access
- Frontend: HTML5, CSS3 (Flexbox, Grid, Keyframes, Media Queries)
- Deployment: GitHub Pages / Netlify
- Version Control: Git & GitHub
- CSS Animations & Transforms β Orbits, rotations, and hover effects.
- Responsive Web Design β Media queries and flexible layouts.
- Semantic HTML5 Structure β Accessible and maintainable markup.
- UI/UX Design Principles β Visual hierarchy, interactive elements, and immersive experience.
- Performance Optimization β Minimalistic code with high visual impact.
- Creative Problem Solving β Building complex interactions without JavaScript.
Solar-System-Explorer/ βββ index.html # Main HTML file βββ style.css # CSS animations & responsive layout βββ Media/ # Banner, screenshots, GIF demos |-- Earth/ # Earth page HTML and CSS |-- Jupiter/ # Jupiter page HTML and CSS |-- Mars/ # Mars page HTML and CSS |-- Mercury/ # Mercury page HTML and CSS |-- Neptune/ # Neptune page HTML and CSS |-- Saturn/ # Saturn page HTML and CSS |-- Sun/ # Sun page HTML and CSS |-- Uranus/ # Uranus page HTML and CSS |-- Venus/ # Venus page HTML and CSS βββ README.md # Project documentation - Clone the repository:
git clone https://github.com/Divyansh3105/SolarExplorer.git
- Navigate to the project folder:
cd Solar-System-Explorer - Open
index.htmlin your browser.
This project was developed to:
- Demonstrate multi-element CSS animations without JavaScript
- Showcase responsive and interactive UI design skills
- Provide a portfolio-ready project highlighting front-end creativity
- π Add moon and asteroid animations
- π Implement dynamic light & shadow effects
- π°οΈ Include interactive planetary info panels with fun facts
- π¨ Dark/Light mode toggle for better user experience
Contributions and suggestions are welcome! Fork this repo and submit a PR to improve responsiveness, add more planets, or refine animations.
This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.
Divyansh Garg
β If you like this project, consider giving it a star on GitHub!


