Explore Planets

Do you know what a planet is? If so, you are doing better than professional astronomers! Right ...
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Mercury, the planet nearest the Sun, is the second smallest planet in the solar system. Only ...
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Fair but inhospitable Venus, a "Sister" planet to the Earth that is very different from our ...
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Earth, our home planet, is a beautiful blue and white ball when seen from space. ...
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Mars, Earth's outer neighbor, is the fourth planet from the Sun. Mars' bright appearance and ...
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Jupiter is the largest planet in the solar system. When approached from afar, its fantastic ...
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Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, has the most spectacular set of rings in the solar system. ...
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Uranus, the seventh planet from the Sun, has its spin axis almost in the plane of its orbit ...
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Neptune, the eighth and furthest planet from the Sun, is a very cold place. Its bluish color ...
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In 2006 the International Astronomical Union (IAU) approved a new classification scheme for ...
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Did you know?
Did you know that
Saturn has a
strange hexagon shaped cloud structure at its north pole?
Did you know that Pluto is not always outside the orbit of Neptune?
Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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ChinookxChinook : A dry down-slope wind which occurs on the downwind side of a mountain range. It is a rain shadow wind which results from the subsequent (adiabatic) warming of air which has dropped most of its moisture on windward slopes.
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Research Highlights
Conservation efforts to protect endangered corals in the Caribbean focus on the areas that have the largest variety of species. Ann Budd of the University of Iowa and John Pandolfi of the University of...
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