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🌌 Solar System Explorer

Solar System Explorer Banner

Solar System Planets Orbits CSS Animations Interactive UI


HTML5 CSS3 Netlify GitHub Vanta.js tsParticles

A fully CSS-powered interactive Solar System with responsive design, orbit animations, and visually stunning effects—no JavaScript required.


📌 Project Overview

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.

📖 Description

The project features a fully interactive solar system, including:

  • 🌞 The Sun at the center with glow effects
  • 🌍 All major planets with realistic sizes and rotations
  • 🪐 Saturn's rings and dynamic orbit animations
  • 🖱️ Hover interactivity showing planet information
  • 📱 Responsive layout compatible with mobile, tablet, and desktop screens

🌐 Live Demo: Solar System Explorer

💻 GitHub Repo: Divyansh3105/SolarExplorer


🚀 Features

  • 🌌 CSS-only orbit and rotation animations for planets
  • 📱 Fully responsive and mobile-first design
  • 🖼️ Interactive planet info on hover
  • 🎨 Dark space theme with glowing effects
  • ⚡ Lightweight and optimized, no JavaScript dependencies
  • 🌍 Deployed on GitHub Pages for easy access

🛠️ Tech Stack

  • Frontend: HTML5, CSS3 (Flexbox, Grid, Keyframes, Media Queries)
  • Deployment: GitHub Pages / Netlify
  • Version Control: Git & GitHub

🧩 Skills & Techniques Demonstrated

  • CSS Animations & Transforms – Orbits, rotations, and hover effects.
  • Responsive Web Design – Media queries and flexible layouts.
  • Semantic HTML5 Structure – Accessible and maintainable markup.
  • UI/UX Design Principles – Visual hierarchy, interactive elements, and immersive experience.
  • Performance Optimization – Minimalistic code with high visual impact.
  • Creative Problem Solving – Building complex interactions without JavaScript.

📂 Project Structure

Solar-System-Explorer/
│── index.html       # Main HTML file
│── style.css        # CSS animations & responsive layout
│── 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
│── README.md        # Project documentation

📸 Screenshots

🔹 Solar System View

Solar System Screenshot

🔹 Animated Orbits

Orbit Demo


📖 How to Run Locally

  1. Clone the repository:
    git clone https://github.com/Divyansh3105/SolarExplorer.git
  2. Navigate to the project folder:
    cd Solar-System-Explorer
  3. Open index.html in your browser.

🎯 Purpose of the Project

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

📌 Future Enhancements

  • 🌑 Add moon and asteroid animations
  • 🌟 Implement dynamic light & shadow effects
  • 🛰️ Include interactive planetary info panels with fun facts
  • 🎨 Dark/Light mode toggle for better user experience

🤝 Contributing

Contributions and suggestions are welcome! Fork this repo and submit a PR to improve responsiveness, add more planets, or refine animations.


📜 License

This project is open-source and available under the MIT License.


👨‍💻 Author

Divyansh Garg


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