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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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APR 14, 2017Space & Astronomy
The question of whether or not we’ll ever find other traces of life in our Solar System has so far remained unansw ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 13, 2017Technology
A newly designed “flow” battery could make it possible to stack computer chips like pancakes to save space a ...Written By: Futurity (futurity.org)APR 13, 2017Space & Astronomy
Our Solar System is vast, and while there are a handful of planets, but there are also numerous Moons and other space ro ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
Most are probably familiar with the Northern Lights on Earth, which are known to the scientific community as the Aurora ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Don’t panic, but a pretty big and potentially hazardous asteroid dubbed 2014 JO25 is preparing to whizz past the E ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 09, 2017Space & Astronomy
Planet Nine is something that astronomers can’t do much more than predict at this point in time. While we’re ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 06, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA has relied on its Cassini spacecraft to study the Saturnine system for nearly 13 years. It originally launched from ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
In modern times, when we study a planet in our Solar System, we send a rather large satellite into space and then send i ...Written By: Anthony BouchardAPR 04, 2017Earth & The Environment
A team of all-female engineer high school students from San Fernando High School have banded together their brain power ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanAPR 02, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Juno probe arrived at Jupiter on Independence Day of 2016, where it began its orbital insertion around our ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 29, 2017Space & Astronomy
As we inch closer to the launch date of the ExoMars 2020 rover, experts from the European Space Agency (ESA) are now con ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 28, 2017Space & Astronomy
Orbiting Saturn is a moon known as Titan, which is of high interest to scientists because it’s one of the few plac ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 22, 2017Earth & The Environment
Not so long ago Tesla released their novel technology, a residential power-storage solution called Powerwall that uses b ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 17, 2017Videos
The sun dying is one of those ideas that seems so improbable that it's not even worth thinking about. But fast forwardin ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth SullivanMAR 12, 2017Videos
The search for other life forms in our Solar System has so far left us with empty hands. We've been searching for decade ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 12, 2017Space & Astronomy
Planetary rings are found around various planets in our Solar System, but for the most part, it’s limited to gassy ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 11, 2017Space & Astronomy
Fans of Star Wars know exactly what we’re talking about when we mention Tatooine, the sandy desert-like planet tha ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 05, 2017Space & Astronomy
Pluto was once considered a planet, but it was categorized as a dwarf planet back in 2006 by the International Astronomi ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAR 01, 2017Space & Astronomy
NASA is officially in the works of a probe that will one day visit Europa, which is one of the many mysterious moons orb ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 26, 2017Space & Astronomy
Normally when NASA starts looking for exoplanets that have the capability of supporting life, they look for the habitabl ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 23, 2017Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are quite excited this week after announcing in a study in the journal Nature that a nearby star by the name ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 22, 2017Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then you know New Horizons made history back in 2015 when it flew past Plu ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 19, 2017Space & Astronomy
There is a lot of interest in exploring two of our closest stellar neighbors, which happen to be Alpha and Proxima Centa ...Written By: Anthony BouchardFEB 18, 2017Space & Astronomy
The Northern Lights are normally seen in various high-latitude parts of the world, including polar regions and in the sk ...Written By: Anthony Bouchard
APR 14, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The question of whether or not we’ll ever find other traces of life in our Solar System has so far remained unansw
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 13, 2017
Technology
A newly designed “flow” battery could make it possible to stack computer chips like pancakes to save space a
...
Written By:
Futurity (futurity.org)
APR 13, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Our Solar System is vast, and while there are a handful of planets, but there are also numerous Moons and other space ro
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Most are probably familiar with the Northern Lights on Earth, which are known to the scientific community as the Aurora
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Don’t panic, but a pretty big and potentially hazardous asteroid dubbed 2014 JO25 is preparing to whizz past the E
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 09, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Planet Nine is something that astronomers can’t do much more than predict at this point in time. While we’re
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 06, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA has relied on its Cassini spacecraft to study the Saturnine system for nearly 13 years. It originally launched from
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
In modern times, when we study a planet in our Solar System, we send a rather large satellite into space and then send i
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
APR 04, 2017
Earth & The Environment
A team of all-female engineer high school students from San Fernando High School have banded together their brain power
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
APR 02, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Juno probe arrived at Jupiter on Independence Day of 2016, where it began its orbital insertion around our
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 29, 2017
Space & Astronomy
As we inch closer to the launch date of the ExoMars 2020 rover, experts from the European Space Agency (ESA) are now con
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 28, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Orbiting Saturn is a moon known as Titan, which is of high interest to scientists because it’s one of the few plac
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 22, 2017
Earth & The Environment
Not so long ago Tesla released their novel technology, a residential power-storage solution called Powerwall that uses b
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 17, 2017
Videos
The sun dying is one of those ideas that seems so improbable that it's not even worth thinking about. But fast forwardin
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
MAR 12, 2017
Videos
The search for other life forms in our Solar System has so far left us with empty hands. We've been searching for decade
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 12, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Planetary rings are found around various planets in our Solar System, but for the most part, it’s limited to gassy
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 11, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Fans of Star Wars know exactly what we’re talking about when we mention Tatooine, the sandy desert-like planet tha
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 05, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Pluto was once considered a planet, but it was categorized as a dwarf planet back in 2006 by the International Astronomi
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAR 01, 2017
Space & Astronomy
NASA is officially in the works of a probe that will one day visit Europa, which is one of the many mysterious moons orb
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 26, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Normally when NASA starts looking for exoplanets that have the capability of supporting life, they look for the habitabl
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 23, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are quite excited this week after announcing in a study in the journal Nature that a nearby star by the name
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 22, 2017
Space & Astronomy
Unless you’ve been living under a rock, then you know New Horizons made history back in 2015 when it flew past Plu
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 19, 2017
Space & Astronomy
There is a lot of interest in exploring two of our closest stellar neighbors, which happen to be Alpha and Proxima Centa
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
FEB 18, 2017
Space & Astronomy
The Northern Lights are normally seen in various high-latitude parts of the world, including polar regions and in the sk
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard