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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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JUL 10, 2016Space & Astronomy
It was about one year ago that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its historic flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto in ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 09, 2016Space & Astronomy
It’s no mystery that we, as a civilization, eventually want to have a footprint on multiple planets in our solar s ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 08, 2016Space & Astronomy
Life is a huge question in our universe. It can be difficult to grasp exactly how life started, and how it originated he ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 07, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA apparently had some technical difficulties with the Mars Curiosity Rover over the 4th of July weekend. The debacle ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 05, 2016Space & Astronomy
Following all the hype has that led up to Juno’s arrival at Jupiter, NASA has announced a successful orbit inserti ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA has announced the destiny of two major spacecraft that are exploring the solar system this week – Dawn a ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 02, 2016Space & Astronomy
Jupiter has long been a mystery, and that’s why when NASA’s Juno spacecraft gets close to our solar system&r ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUL 01, 2016Space & Astronomy
Comet 67P has been a major point of interest in our solar system since the European Space Agency sent its Rosetta spacec ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 28, 2016Space & Astronomy
The European Space Observatory (ESO) has captured a really stunning image of Jupiter in the infrared light spectrum with ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 26, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA is about to get up close and personal with Jupiter, the largest known planet in our solar system. On July 4th, afte ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 25, 2016Space & Astronomy
Neptune is the outermost planet in our solar system, just before Pluto, which used to be a planet, but is now considered ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 19, 2016Videos
Chiral molecules are "handed" molecules that are mirror images of each other - one is a right-handed version, the other ...Written By: Carmen LeitchJUN 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
There is a lot of speculation that there may be a ninth planet out there in the distant reaches of our solar system, but ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 11, 2016Technology
Solar Impulse 2, an aeroplane that operates on nothing more than solar power, has been slowly trekking across the United ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 11, 2016Space & Astronomy
Scientists are getting excited to test out a new chipsat platform in space dubbed KickSat 2. It is the second attempt to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 03, 2016Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are on a constant search for exoplanets that have the potential to support life. One of the things we look f ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 02, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its historic fly-by past Pluto last year, following a 9 year, 5 month, and 25 ...Written By: Anthony BouchardJUN 01, 2016Infographics
Pluto has been front and center to many recent space discoveries, and it seems we actually learned quite a bit for somet ...Written By: Jennifer EllisJUN 01, 2016Space & Astronomy
There is a never-ending search for extraterrestrial life in our universe, but the best place to look right now is within ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 24, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA has begun preliminary testing of its Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer ( ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 21, 2016Videos
As of this weekend, Mars is now in opposition; Mars and Earth are on the same side of the sun. So, Mars will rise as the ...Written By: Carmen LeitchMAY 19, 2016Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto last year to grab some incredible photographs of the planet and to ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 18, 2016Videos
Hyperloop is a huge transportation project that SpaceX and Tesla owner Elon Musk pitched to the public and made a compet ...Written By: Anthony BouchardMAY 16, 2016Earth & The Environment
The northern region of Argentina, Jujuy, is making strides in solar energy enviable by the rest of the world. The countr ...Written By: Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan
JUL 10, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It was about one year ago that NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its historic flyby of the dwarf planet Pluto in
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 09, 2016
Space & Astronomy
It’s no mystery that we, as a civilization, eventually want to have a footprint on multiple planets in our solar s
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 08, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Life is a huge question in our universe. It can be difficult to grasp exactly how life started, and how it originated he
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 07, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA apparently had some technical difficulties with the Mars Curiosity Rover over the 4th of July weekend. The debacle
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 05, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Following all the hype has that led up to Juno’s arrival at Jupiter, NASA has announced a successful orbit inserti
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA has announced the destiny of two major spacecraft that are exploring the solar system this week – Dawn a
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 02, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Jupiter has long been a mystery, and that’s why when NASA’s Juno spacecraft gets close to our solar system&r
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUL 01, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Comet 67P has been a major point of interest in our solar system since the European Space Agency sent its Rosetta spacec
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 28, 2016
Space & Astronomy
The European Space Observatory (ESO) has captured a really stunning image of Jupiter in the infrared light spectrum with
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 26, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA is about to get up close and personal with Jupiter, the largest known planet in our solar system. On July 4th, afte
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 25, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Neptune is the outermost planet in our solar system, just before Pluto, which used to be a planet, but is now considered
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 19, 2016
Videos
Chiral molecules are "handed" molecules that are mirror images of each other - one is a right-handed version, the other
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
JUN 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There is a lot of speculation that there may be a ninth planet out there in the distant reaches of our solar system, but
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 11, 2016
Technology
Solar Impulse 2, an aeroplane that operates on nothing more than solar power, has been slowly trekking across the United
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 11, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Scientists are getting excited to test out a new chipsat platform in space dubbed KickSat 2. It is the second attempt to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 03, 2016
Space & Astronomy
Astronomers are on a constant search for exoplanets that have the potential to support life. One of the things we look f
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 02, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft made its historic fly-by past Pluto last year, following a 9 year, 5 month, and 25
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
JUN 01, 2016
Infographics
Pluto has been front and center to many recent space discoveries, and it seems we actually learned quite a bit for somet
...
Written By:
Jennifer Ellis
JUN 01, 2016
Space & Astronomy
There is a never-ending search for extraterrestrial life in our universe, but the best place to look right now is within
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 24, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA has begun preliminary testing of its Spectral Interpretation, Resource Identification, Security-Regolith Explorer (
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 21, 2016
Videos
As of this weekend, Mars is now in opposition; Mars and Earth are on the same side of the sun. So, Mars will rise as the
...
Written By:
Carmen Leitch
MAY 19, 2016
Space & Astronomy
NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew past Pluto last year to grab some incredible photographs of the planet and to
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 18, 2016
Videos
Hyperloop is a huge transportation project that SpaceX and Tesla owner Elon Musk pitched to the public and made a compet
...
Written By:
Anthony Bouchard
MAY 16, 2016
Earth & The Environment
The northern region of Argentina, Jujuy, is making strides in solar energy enviable by the rest of the world. The countr
...
Written By:
Kathryn DeMuth Sullivan