Arrakis—informally known as Dune—is a harsh desert world orbiting the star Canopus. It is the only known source of the spice melange, the most valuable substance in the universe.
Life on Arrakis is defined by the absence of surface water and the presence of the Shai-Hulud, the great sandworms that dominate the deep desert.
A massive, highly luminous supergiant star. Its intense energy pushes the system's habitable zone billions of kilometers into deep space.
A hellish, tidally locked world baked by the immense radiation of Canopus.
A stripped, heavy-metal core of a planet that had its mantle blown away by stellar winds eons ago.
A harsh desert planet. It is the only known source in the universe of the spice melange. He who controls the spice controls the universe.
The first moon of Arrakis. It features a massive crater formation resembling a desert mouse, known to the Fremen as Muad'Dib.
The second moon of Arrakis. Its shadowy surface topology roughly resembles the shape of a human hand.