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Solar System
The Solar System consists of the Sun and the astronomical bodies that orbit it, bound by its own gravitational pull. The Solar System was thought to have formed 4.6 billion years ago. The Sun makes up the vast majority of the Solar System's mass.
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JUL 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot received a lot of attention this week because the Juno probe was positioned just right fo ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 11, 2017Videos
Mars is one of the closest and potentially-habitable planets to Earth in our Solar System, and that's why it has remaine ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 10, 2017Videos
GravityLight is a social and environmental innovation that is giving people all over the world the opportunity to bring ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUL 04, 2017Videos
There are only a handful of places in the Solar System where we think it might be possible to discover life. Although it ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 03, 2017Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is one of the most mysterious planets in our Solar System, but fortunately, we have a probe with modern observat ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been under construction for several years, and it seems to be making headlines ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 29, 2017Videos
Of all the planets residing in the Solar System, Uranus is quite possibly the weirdest of them all, as it has some plane ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 28, 2017Videos
If there's another planet out there in our solar system, where could it be? That's a question that astronomers have been ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 17, 2017Space & Astronomy
Will humans ever make it to the red planet? It’s a question that has been surfacing more and more lately and space ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
If we ever put astronauts on Mars, we’ll need to be careful in doing so, planning every little detail for their sa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
Many of us take the Sun for granted as the big ball of light in the sky that produces the heat on Earth necessary for li ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 09, 2017Videos
Have you ever felt bad for February? It's definitely the odd one out of the months with only 28, and sometimes 29, days. ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanJUN 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 to space earlier this month with a previously-used commercial Dragon capsule attached to it. It b ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 08, 2017Videos
A supernova is the violent and gigantic explosion of a star as it dies during the final stages in stellar evolution, and ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 07, 2017Technology
While everyone went about their daily lives as usual, China secretly flew a massive solar-powered drone high in the skie ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
Of all the planets orbiting the Sun, perhaps Mars is one of the most interesting. Not only is it more like Earth than an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 04, 2017Videos
Jupiter is a huge planet, and while we can gaze upon it from the Earth's surface with powerful space observation telesco ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2017Space & Astronomy
There are a number of questions that remain about how long-term space travel affects the human body. One of the most cri ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 02, 2017Space & Astronomy
In 2016, gravitational waves were all the rage in the astrophysical community; perhaps 2017 is going to shed more light ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 31, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA recently announced it would be expediting its mission to visit Psyche, a metallic asteroid floating around in the S ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 30, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA is planning to announce an unprecedented mission some this week in which the space agency will validate its interes ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 29, 2017Videos
Did you know that a three-planet alignment, called a conjunction, is actually quite common? It happens every two years o ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAY 27, 2017Space & Astronomy
The seemingly-endless search for extraterrestrial life in our universe continues on, and while we haven’t found an ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 26, 2017Space & Astronomy
Although Juno has been exploring Jupiter for over 10 months since project Orbital Insertion, which was carried out on In ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
JUL 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot received a lot of attention this week because the Juno probe was positioned just right fo
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 11, 2017
Videos
Mars is one of the closest and potentially-habitable planets to Earth in our Solar System, and that's why it has remaine
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 10, 2017
Videos
GravityLight is a social and environmental innovation that is giving people all over the world the opportunity to bring
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 04, 2017
Videos
There are only a handful of places in the Solar System where we think it might be possible to discover life. Although it
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 03, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter is one of the most mysterious planets in our Solar System, but fortunately, we have a probe with modern observat
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) has been under construction for several years, and it seems to be making headlines
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 29, 2017
Videos
Of all the planets residing in the Solar System, Uranus is quite possibly the weirdest of them all, as it has some plane
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 28, 2017
Videos
If there's another planet out there in our solar system, where could it be? That's a question that astronomers have been
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 17, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Will humans ever make it to the red planet? It’s a question that has been surfacing more and more lately and space
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
If we ever put astronauts on Mars, we’ll need to be careful in doing so, planning every little detail for their sa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Many of us take the Sun for granted as the big ball of light in the sky that produces the heat on Earth necessary for li
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 09, 2017
Videos
Have you ever felt bad for February? It's definitely the odd one out of the months with only 28, and sometimes 29, days.
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUN 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX sent a Falcon 9 to space earlier this month with a previously-used commercial Dragon capsule attached to it. It b
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 08, 2017
Videos
A supernova is the violent and gigantic explosion of a star as it dies during the final stages in stellar evolution, and
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 07, 2017
Technology
While everyone went about their daily lives as usual, China secretly flew a massive solar-powered drone high in the skie
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Of all the planets orbiting the Sun, perhaps Mars is one of the most interesting. Not only is it more like Earth than an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 04, 2017
Videos
Jupiter is a huge planet, and while we can gaze upon it from the Earth's surface with powerful space observation telesco
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 03, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There are a number of questions that remain about how long-term space travel affects the human body. One of the most cri
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 02, 2017
Space & Astronomy
In 2016, gravitational waves were all the rage in the astrophysical community; perhaps 2017 is going to shed more light
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 31, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA recently announced it would be expediting its mission to visit Psyche, a metallic asteroid floating around in the S
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 30, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA is planning to announce an unprecedented mission some this week in which the space agency will validate its interes
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 29, 2017
Videos
Did you know that a three-planet alignment, called a conjunction, is actually quite common? It happens every two years o
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAY 27, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The seemingly-endless search for extraterrestrial life in our universe continues on, and while we haven’t found an
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 26, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Although Juno has been exploring Jupiter for over 10 months since project Orbital Insertion, which was carried out on In
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard