Dwarf Planet Haumea has a Ring
Ring Around Haumea: Pluto’s Peculiar Neighbor By Judith E Braffman-Miller Far from our fiery Star,…
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Phobos and Deimos, the Moons of Mars
Phobos and Deimos, the Moons of Mars, were discovered in 1877. In October 2017, astronomers announced that NASA’s longest-lived mission to the Red Planet has obtained its first peek at Phobos, the larger of the two moons.
Exoplanets: The Trappist-1 System
At approximately 40 light-years from our planet–or 235 trillion miles away–there are seven newly discovered, rocky alien worlds that are nevertheless considered to be our near neighbors in Space. This richly endowed “nearby” planetary system, that has been named TRAPPIST-1, for The Transiting Planets and Planetesimals Small Telescope (TRAPPIST) in Chile
Why Can’t We See 95% of the Universe?
Why Can’t we see 95% of the Universe? Because approximately 70% of the Universe is contained in the dark energy, about 25% is contained in the dark matter, and the rest is composed of “ordinary” atomic matter.
Why our Sun’s Magnetic Field Reverses every Eleven Years
In July 2017, a team of astronomers, using new numerical supercomputer simulations and observations announced that scientists may now be able to explain why our Sun’s magnetic field reverses every eleven years
Did Earth’s Moon have lots of water in the past? Does it still have water?
Earth’s Moon is the fifth largest moon in our Solar System, and the only world beyond our own that we have walked upon. Did Earth’s Moon have lots of water in the past? Does it still have water?
A Ninth Planet In Our Solar System: But It’s Not Pluto
There is new evidence indicating the existence of a giant planet tracing a highly elongated orbit in the outer limits of our Solar System. This putative ninth major planet, which the scientists have dubbed “Planet Nine”, sports an impressive mass of approximately ten times that of Earth–and it circles our Star about 20 times farther out on average than does Neptune–which circles our Sun at an average distance of 2.8 billion miles
Juno Looks Into The Eye Of Jupiters Storm
Jupiter’s Great Red Spot has been a swirling mystery for centuries–an enormous wildly whirling storm that has lingered in its planet’s sky for the past 150 years–or longer.
The Kuiper Belt and a Mysterious World Hidden Beyond Pluto
Far from our Sun’s welcoming heat and brilliant light, there is a dark and distant domain inhabited by frigid, frozen bodies: the Kuiper Belt
Astronomy: The Strange Case Of The Exoplanet “Cousins”
Nature versus nurture refers to a long-standing debate among scientists who are trying to find out if human behavior is determined by the environment or is merely the result of a person’s genes. Planets and people can have a lot in common, and the atmospheres of a duo of hot Jupiter exoplanets is a case in point.