Solar System Astronomy
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New Moon and Eclipse are more than just books by Stephenie Meyer and a hit movie series. more...
Learn interesting tidbits about Mars, the fourth planet from the Sun. more...
The Ringed Planet hosts lightnings storms that can last for months on end. more...
Astronomers were surprised to find that Saturn's dry moon has large-scale atmospheric turbulence where none was expected. more...
Jupiter Hit by Comet or Asteroid
An amateur astronomer reports first sighting of new impact evidence on the solar system's largest planet. more...
Saturn's largest moon has a substantial atmosphere that experiences seasonal change. more...
The solar system is a stormy place with dust devils, sulfuric acid rains, and screaming winds. more...
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Interesting Facts About the Planet Mercury
Basic facts and new discoveries about the solar system's smallest planet. more...
Galileo,Venus and the Sun-Centered Theory
By: Linda N. Riggins
Based on his observations using a telescope, Galileo Galilei (1564-1642) concluded that Venus orbited the sun, not the earth. more...
By:
Rupert Taylor
A close encounter with Mars is supposed to happen in late August, or at least that's the gist of a phony yarn that makes its appearance every year. more...
By: Anna Sanclement
On the outer part of the Solar System lie some big and fabulous worlds. These are very different from the interior planets where the rocky Earth resides. more...
By: Anna Sanclement
The solar system is a place full of marvelous worlds. A good look at the four planets closest to the sun can reveal plenty of interesting facts about each. more...
By:
Rupert Taylor
As scientists examine more of the solar system they are finding water where none was thought to exist before. more...
Water on Mars Found by the Phoenix Mars Lander
By: Anna Sanclement
NASA's Phoenix Mars Lander discovered water on Mars in 2008, a fact many scientists had predicted, but had no real proof of until the Lander confirmed the finding. more...
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