Neptune
After the discovery of Uranus in 1781, astronomers had a difficult time accurately describing the planet's orbit. Uranus seemed to […]
After the discovery of Uranus in 1781, astronomers had a difficult time accurately describing the planet's orbit. Uranus seemed to […]
Like its larger sibling, Jupiter, Saturn is a ball of hydrogen and helium gas wrapped around a heavy core. Instead
The poles of most planets aim away from the plane of the solar system; like Earth's poles, they point roughly
As the Great Red Spot demonstrates, Jupiter is a world of superlatives. It is the largest planet in the solar
Scientists, too, have speculated about the possibility of life on Mars. During the 1800s, some leading astronomers thought that an
But it was only in the sixteenth century, around the time of Copernicus, that people began to see Earth as
The Venusian clouds kept astronomers from seeing the planet's surface. Without visible landmarks, they could not measure how fast Venus
This activity combines the concept of Earth’s rock cycle with the characteristics of other planets in the solar system. After
This reflective solar cooker uses the Sun’s energy to cook marshmallows. The target cooking area is the space where the
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The Sun is a huge sphere of gas. The visible layer of the Sun, which we view as the surface,