Solar System
An Alien’s View of Our Solar System
We have just begun to try and image distant solar systems around other stars, and hopefully our techniques and technology…
Astronomers Find 14 New Trans-Neptunian Objects Hiding in Hubble Data
[/caption] Out beyond the orbit of Neptune lurk millions of icy bodies called Trans-Neptunian Objects. We haven’t found and seen…
Win ‘Star Walk’ and ‘Solar Walk’ Astronomy Apps
I've had a couple of people excitedly show me the Star Walk astronomy app on their iPhones and ipads, and…
Contest: Win “Wonders of the Solar System” DVD
If you didn’t have the chance to see Brian Cox’s series “Wonders of the Solar System” which aired on the…
Contest: Win “The Universe: Our Solar System” in Blu-ray
A new giveaway opportunity! This time it is the Blu-ray edition of The Universe: Our Solar System. The Blu-ray edition…
Our Solar System: Now 2 Million Years Older
Our solar system is beautiful and aging gracefully, but it might be even older than we originally thought, by as…
The Earth and Moon May Have Formed Later Than Previously Thought
[/caption] The Earth and Moon were created as the result of a giant collision between two planets the size of…
Voyager 2 Update from Dr. Ed Stone
[/caption] In early May 2010, the 33-year-old Voyager 2 spacecraft experienced an anomaly where the data it returned to Earth…
Mars Polar Cap Mystery Solved
[/caption] The shape of the two-mile-tall Texas-sized ice cap at the north pole of Mars has puzzled scientists for forty…
Wild and Crazy Multi-Planetary System Surprises Astronomers
[/caption] Astronomers are finding that not only are there a wide range of different extrasolar planets, but there are different…