• Constellation Aquarius
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    Interesting Facts About The Constellation Aquarius

    A Zodiacal Constellation Aquarius means ‘water-bearer’ in Latin and it is a zodiacal constellation, meaning the Sun, Moon and planets regularly pass within its boundaries. From the Earth’s perspective, the Sun passes in front of [...]
  • Orion Constellation
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    Interesting Facts About Orion

    Orion is one of the most beautiful and striking constellations in the whole night sky. Furthermore, it is located on the celestial equator meaning it can be viewed from all across the Earth. It is [...]
  • 10 Interesting Facts about Ganymede
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    10 Interesting Facts about Ganymede

    Ganymede is the biggest satellite in the solar system, and also the biggest object in the solar system that does not have a substantial atmosphere. Discovered by Galileo in January of the year 1610 along [...]
  • Bright star Alpha Centauri and its surroundings
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    10 Interesting Facts About Alpha Centauri

    1: Sun’s Nearest Star System Alpha Centauri is our nearest star neighbor, and is a mere 4.37 light years from the Sun. More accurately, though, it is the nearest ‘star system’ as it actually consists [...]
  • Stephen Hawking
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    Interesting Quotes By Stephen Hawking

    Renowned English physicist Stephen Hawking was born in 1942, on the 300th anniversary of Galileo’s death. Despite having a debilitating illness, Hawking has gone on to make significant contributions to the world of cosmology in [...]
  • Few star size comparisons
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    10 Most Extreme Stars in the Universe

    Our Sun is often described as an “average yellow dwarf star”, but the truth of the matter is that there are no average stars. Stellar bodies come in a bewildering variety of masses, luminosities, radii, [...]
  • a black hole with orange lights in it
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    Top 10 Facts About Black Holes

    Of all the strange objects that exist in the Universe, black holes are without doubt the strangest. Before 1971, black holes were believed to be purely theoretical phenomena, but this perception was radically altered after [...]
  • Giordano Bruno
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    Giordano Bruno Quotes About Astronomy

    Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) was a visionary Italian philosopher and astronomer whose groundbreaking ideas pushed the boundaries of contemporary thought. Through his deep reflections and daring hypotheses, Bruno boldly challenged the dominant cosmological doctrines of his [...]
  • Venus
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    10 Fun Venus Facts for Kids

    Venus, often referred to as Earth’s “sister planet” because of its similar size and composition, is a captivating world of extremes. Its blistering surface and thick, toxic atmosphere create some of the most inhospitable conditions [...]