This page provides explanations and images of bodies throughout the universe: galaxies, solar systems, planets, nebula, stars, asteroids, comets, quasars, black holes, and more.
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—By Borgna BrunnerStardust Memories After a seven-year, three-billion-mile expedition through the solar system, NASA’s Stardust spacecraft capsule landed in the Arizona desert on Jan. 15, 2006,…
A Lot of BullClassical MythologyLucky in War, Unlucky in Love: TheseusRoad WarriorA Lot of BullKing Theseus Wants a WifeMidlife Crisis: The Abduction of Helen Having rid the isthmus and its…
The crisis moves west by Sarah K. Miller This article was posted on October 8, 1999. Russian soldiers, fighting for control of Chechnya, carry a gun near Grozny on Oct. 8, 1999. (Source…
Doing the TwistWeatherThere's No Place Like HomeThunderstormsDoing the TwistThe ChaseStaying Safe in a Storm Thunderstorms have a way of going to extremes. If the atmosphere is very unstable and…
THE BIRTH OF THE SOLAR SYSTEMPLANETSMOONSOur tiny corner of the Universe is dominated by a star we call the Sun. Trapped in the gravity of the Sun is a huge family of bodies – PLANETS…
WHAT IS ACCELERATION? HOW IS SPEED MEASURED? FRICTIONFIND OUT MOREFrom molecules in this sheet of paper, to planets in orbits, the objects around us are in constant motion. The simplest motion is…
WHAT IS NEPTUNE MADE OF? TRITONFIND OUT MORENeptune is 30 times farther from the Sun than Earth, and has the most powerful hurricanes of any planet in the Solar System. It is a gas giant with faint…
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