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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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NOV 13, 2024Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has done an extraordinary job teaching us about our Sun while achieving record distances ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScNOV 07, 2024Space & Astronomy
What can dust grains that were returned to Earth from the asteroid Ryugu teach scientists about the early solar system? ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 30, 2024Space & Astronomy
Could a moon that orbits Uranus billions of miles away have an interior ocean? This is what a recent study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 25, 2024Space & Astronomy
How does Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, have such a methane-rich atmosphere? This is what a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 22, 2024Space & Astronomy
How does extra salty water, also known as briny water, form and evolve on worlds without atmospheres, such as asteroids ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 15, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did life on Earth begin, and were the ingredients for life already on Earth or were they brought here from space? Th ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 11, 2024Space & Astronomy
How can Uranus teach us about exoplanets? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th annual meeting of the Americ ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 09, 2024Space & Astronomy
The Taurid asteroids, also known as the Taurid swarm, are a group is asteroids hypothesized to be leftovers chunks from ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 07, 2024Space & Astronomy
How much water ice could be present within the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) near the Moon’s south pole? Thi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 07, 2024Space & Astronomy
Was the dwarf planet Ceres once an ocean world like Europa and Enceladus? If so, how did it become the cratered and icy ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 01, 2024Space & Astronomy
What secrets can Pluto’s moon, Charon, reveal about the formation and evolution of planetary bodies throughout the ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScOCT 01, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did the Moon form? Was it from a collision, as has been the longstanding theory, or could it have been captured by t ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 23, 2024Space & Astronomy
Could slight wobbles in the orbit of Mars be caused by microscopic black holes that have existed since the Big Bang? Thi ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 16, 2024Space & Astronomy
For thousands of years, Mars, aka the Red Planet, has fascinated skywatchers from countless civilizations and cultures, ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 13, 2024Space & Astronomy
What did Mars look like billions of years ago? This is what a recent study presented at the Europlanet Science Congress ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 09, 2024Space & Astronomy
What happened to all the liquid water on Mars and what can this teach us about Earth-like exoplanets? This is what a rec ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 04, 2024Space & Astronomy
What processes provide energy to the solar wind as it travels away from the Sun and throughout the solar system? This is ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScSEP 04, 2024Space & Astronomy
How did a giant impact 4 billion years ago affect Jupiter’s moon, Ganymede? This is what a recent study published ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 26, 2024Space & Astronomy
What did NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft on the asteroid moon, Dimorphos, teach astronom ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 23, 2024Space & Astronomy
How will future Mars astronauts shield themselves from harmful space radiation? This is what a recent study published in ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 14, 2024Space & Astronomy
Could a metallic asteroid contain water and what can this teach us about the asteroid’s formation and evolution? T ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScAUG 02, 2024Space & Astronomy
How do giant planets form and is this process slow or fast based on the amount of available dust used to build those pla ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 29, 2024Space & Astronomy
How can 400-year-old sunspot drawings help modern-day scientists with solar cycles? This is what a recent study publishe ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MScJUL 24, 2024Space & Astronomy
How cold are exoplanets? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team of international sci ...Written By: Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 13, 2024
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s Parker Solar Probe has done an extraordinary job teaching us about our Sun while achieving record distances
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
NOV 07, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What can dust grains that were returned to Earth from the asteroid Ryugu teach scientists about the early solar system?
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 30, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Could a moon that orbits Uranus billions of miles away have an interior ocean? This is what a recent study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 25, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How does Saturn’s largest moon, Titan, have such a methane-rich atmosphere? This is what a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 22, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How does extra salty water, also known as briny water, form and evolve on worlds without atmospheres, such as asteroids
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 15, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did life on Earth begin, and were the ingredients for life already on Earth or were they brought here from space? Th
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 11, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How can Uranus teach us about exoplanets? This is what a recent study presented at the 56th annual meeting of the Americ
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 09, 2024
Space & Astronomy
The Taurid asteroids, also known as the Taurid swarm, are a group is asteroids hypothesized to be leftovers chunks from
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 07, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How much water ice could be present within the permanently shadowed regions (PSRs) near the Moon’s south pole? Thi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 07, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Was the dwarf planet Ceres once an ocean world like Europa and Enceladus? If so, how did it become the cratered and icy
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 01, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What secrets can Pluto’s moon, Charon, reveal about the formation and evolution of planetary bodies throughout the
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
OCT 01, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did the Moon form? Was it from a collision, as has been the longstanding theory, or could it have been captured by t
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 23, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Could slight wobbles in the orbit of Mars be caused by microscopic black holes that have existed since the Big Bang? Thi
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 16, 2024
Space & Astronomy
For thousands of years, Mars, aka the Red Planet, has fascinated skywatchers from countless civilizations and cultures,
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 13, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What did Mars look like billions of years ago? This is what a recent study presented at the Europlanet Science Congress
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 09, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What happened to all the liquid water on Mars and what can this teach us about Earth-like exoplanets? This is what a rec
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 04, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What processes provide energy to the solar wind as it travels away from the Sun and throughout the solar system? This is
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
SEP 04, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How did a giant impact 4 billion years ago affect Jupiter’s moon, Ganymede? This is what a recent study published
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 26, 2024
Space & Astronomy
What did NASA’s Double Asteroid Redirection Test (DART) spacecraft on the asteroid moon, Dimorphos, teach astronom
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 23, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How will future Mars astronauts shield themselves from harmful space radiation? This is what a recent study published in
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 14, 2024
Space & Astronomy
Could a metallic asteroid contain water and what can this teach us about the asteroid’s formation and evolution? T
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
AUG 02, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How do giant planets form and is this process slow or fast based on the amount of available dust used to build those pla
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 29, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How can 400-year-old sunspot drawings help modern-day scientists with solar cycles? This is what a recent study publishe
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc
JUL 24, 2024
Space & Astronomy
How cold are exoplanets? This is what a recent study published in Nature hopes to address as a team of international sci
...
Written By:
Laurence Tognetti, MSc