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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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AUG 07, 2017Space & Astronomy
SpaceX’s upcoming Falcon Heavy rocket is the next step forward towards increasing our footprint in the solar syste ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 03, 2017Space & Astronomy
Space exploration is becoming a staple of modern science, which means we’re sending more landers and satellites in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 02, 2017Space & Astronomy
Earth is a unique planet; not only does it support life, but it hosts vast liquid water oceans that cover two-thirds of ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAUG 01, 2017Videos
Tabby's star (KIC 8462852) has been getting a lot of attention over the last few years. Some people legitimately think a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 31, 2017Space & Astronomy
It’s nothing new for astronomers to find a new planet outside of our solar system; these are commonly referred to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 25, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Cassini spacecraft is carrying out its Grand Finale mission. This task involves sending the probe in between Saturn ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 21, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope does more than just observe the distant cosmos; it also peeks at the nearby objects ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
It's not uncommon for astronomers to come across hot Jupiter-like exoplanets while surveying other star systems thro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 16, 2017Space & Astronomy
Sunspots are dark spots that appear on the Sun from time to time. They are caused by fluctuations in the Sun’s mag ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 15, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Sun resides at the very center our solar system, and it’s the only star we can observe up close. Besides the S ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are on the lookout for terrestrial Earth-like exoplanets in other star systems that could potentially suppor ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 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 Bouchard
AUG 07, 2017
Space & Astronomy
SpaceX’s upcoming Falcon Heavy rocket is the next step forward towards increasing our footprint in the solar syste
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 03, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Space exploration is becoming a staple of modern science, which means we’re sending more landers and satellites in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 02, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Earth is a unique planet; not only does it support life, but it hosts vast liquid water oceans that cover two-thirds of
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
AUG 01, 2017
Videos
Tabby's star (KIC 8462852) has been getting a lot of attention over the last few years. Some people legitimately think a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 31, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It’s nothing new for astronomers to find a new planet outside of our solar system; these are commonly referred to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 25, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Cassini spacecraft is carrying out its Grand Finale mission. This task involves sending the probe in between Saturn
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 21, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope does more than just observe the distant cosmos; it also peeks at the nearby objects
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
It's not uncommon for astronomers to come across hot Jupiter-like exoplanets while surveying other star systems thro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 16, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Sunspots are dark spots that appear on the Sun from time to time. They are caused by fluctuations in the Sun’s mag
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 15, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Sun resides at the very center our solar system, and it’s the only star we can observe up close. Besides the S
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are on the lookout for terrestrial Earth-like exoplanets in other star systems that could potentially suppor
...
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