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 there is a
strange hexagon in the atmosphere at the northern pole of Saturn?
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Earth and Space Science Concept of the Day
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PlasmoidxPlasmoid : A structure of plasma and magnetic fields proposed to explain several natural phenomena including magnetic bubbles in magentospheres and ball lightning
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Research Highlights
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colorado has released powerful new computer software so scientists can study climate change in much more detail than ever before. The Community...
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