• Home
  • About
  • Guide
  • Solar System
    • Structure
    • Planets
    • Missions
  • Constellations
    • Table (88)
    • Zodiac (12)
    • Deep-Sky Objects
  • Stars
    • Spectral Type
    • 10 Brightest
    • FAQs
  • Fun Facts
    • FAQs
    • Facts
    • Top 10 Lists
  • News
    • News
    • Night Sky
  • Entertainment
    • Sci-fi Films
    • Top 10 Movies
    • Book Reviews
  • Telescopes
    • Buying Guide
    • Reviews
    • Stargazing
News Ticker
  • [ January 3, 2021 ] Is a Doomsday Asteroid Heading Towards Earth? News & Events
  • [ December 31, 2020 ] January 2021 — Night Sky Guide & Key Dates Observing
  • [ December 6, 2020 ] 100m Liquid Telescope To Be Placed On The Moon News & Events
  • [ December 1, 2020 ] December 2020 — Night Sky Guide & Key Dates Observing
  • [ November 7, 2020 ] Water Discovered on Sunlit Surface of the Moon News & Events
Homeplanets

planets

Is Pluto a Planet After All, And Should We Care?
News & Events

Is Pluto a Planet After All, And Should We Care?

November 1, 2018 Peter Christoforou 0

The image above shows an oblique view of the Norgay and Hillary mountain ranges, and an extensive ice field on Pluto, as photographed by the New Horizons mission. To many people, it would seem that […]

the Mission to Pluto
Astronomy Lists

10 Interesting Facts about the Mission to Pluto

October 20, 2017 Peter Christoforou 0

Pluto (134340 Pluto) was the first Kuiper Belt object to be discovered in 1930, and is the biggest, and second-most massive dwarf planet known to exist in the solar system. It is also the ninth […]

Saturn
Astronomy Lists

10 Interesting Facts about the Missions to Saturn

October 9, 2017 Peter Christoforou 0

Saturn has been observed since prehistoric times, with the planet having played a major role in all major ancient cultures and religions throughout history. The ancient Babylonians, for instance, kept records describing detailed observations of […]

Astronomy Lists

10 Interesting Facts about the Missions to Jupiter

September 21, 2017 Peter Christoforou 0

Even though the true role Jupiter played, and is still playing in how the solar system is arranged today was not known until comparatively recently, the King of the Planets has been in the human […]

Planet Mars
Astronomy Lists

10 Interesting Facts about the Missions to Mars

September 17, 2017 Peter Christoforou 0

When it comes to the exploration of the solar system, no planet has spurred the scientific community to greater efforts, whipped up the general public into a greater frenzy of speculation, or resulted in pseudo-experts […]

Mercury
Astronomy Lists

10 Interesting Facts about the Missions to Mercury

September 12, 2017 Peter Christoforou 0

Since the angular separation of Mercury from the Sun is never more than 28 degrees at maximum elongation, visual observation and study of the planet is fraught with technical difficulty. In fact, the rugged, little […]

Venus Probes
Astronomy Lists

10 Interesting Facts about the Missions to Venus

September 9, 2017 Peter Christoforou 0

Despite being named after a goddess of love and beauty, Venus is a harsh, hellish place that does not inspire warm and fuzzy feelings. Temperatures on its surface are hot enough to melt lead, and […]

Popular Articles

  • 5 Bizarre Paradoxes Of Time Travel Explained

    5 Bizarre Paradoxes Of Time Travel Explained

    December 20, 2014 48
  • 20 Recommended Astronomy Books

    20 Recommended Astronomy Books

    January 2, 2016 1
  • Mayan Calendar

    10 Interesting Facts About The Calendar

    November 21, 2014 0
  • 10 Top Astronomers from the Ancient World

    10 Top Astronomers from the Ancient World

    May 14, 2017 0
  • Saturn

    10 Interesting Facts about the Missions to Saturn

    October 9, 2017 0

News

  • Asteroid heading towards Earth

    Is a Doomsday Asteroid Heading Towards Earth?

    January 3, 2021 0
  • Moon Crater

    100m Liquid Telescope To Be Placed On The Moon

    December 6, 2020 0
  • Water on Moon

    Water Discovered on Sunlit Surface of the Moon

    November 7, 2020 0
  • Ceres dwarf planet

    Dwarf Planet Ceres Found to Be an Ocean World

    September 13, 2020 0
  • Ceres dwarf planet

    Black Neutron Star Discovered by LIGO

    July 11, 2020 0
Categories
ARCHIVES

© Copyright 2021 Astronomy Trek