According to some reports, many of the mission scientists working on the Voyager space exploration program are “amazed” that both Voyagers are still functioning after forty years in service. This sentiment becomes clear when one …
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 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 …
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 …
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 …
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 …
Although named after the goddess of love and beauty, Venus is one of the most hostile environments in our solar system. Its surface temperatures can reach levels hot enough to melt lead, and the atmosphere …
The Red Planet has garnered a lot of attention in recent times, as scientists obsess about the possibility of discovering evidence of life on Mars. Added to this, NASA and SpaceX plan to make humans …
When we think of wars in space, we may imagine science fiction scenarios such as Luke Skywalker destroying the Death Star, but the U.S. military is taking the threat of a war in space as …
We’re currently in the middle of another space race, this time between China and the United States, with both countries investing heavily in developing technologies to help them accomplish the major feat of putting humans …
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