Discover what exist in the universe
With an estimated diameter of 1,392,684 km (865,374 miles), the Sun is more than 100 times larger than Earth and contains 99.8% of all the mass in our solar system (well, almost—the combined mass of the planets adds up to around 3%). It’s so big that if it were hollow, […]
Phobos and Deimos are the two moons of Mars—the first discovered by Asaph Hall in 1877. Unlike any other moons in the solar system, Phobos and Deimos are unique in that they are much larger than they are wide, with an unusual elongated shape resulting from intense tidal forces during […]
On July 21, 1969, Buzz Aldrin stepped onto the moon’s surface and history was made. This famous astronaut has been in the spotlight since then, but he hasn’t given many interviews about his life as an astronaut and more about what went on behind the scenes of the lunar landing. […]
The Pink Moon, technically known as the Full Flower Moon, comes around every spring—but how much do you really know about it? While some people seem to believe it’s just an odd name for the full moon in April, there are actually some pretty cool facts about the Pink Moon […]
If you’ve looked up at the blood moon tonight, you may have noticed something strange about it. It’s red! Technically, it isn’t actually red, but it sure looks like it. And thanks to the upcoming blood moon eclipse on September 28th and 29th, 2018, we wanted to answer one very […]
It’s the second full moon in a single month, and its name comes from the saying that something that happens once in a blue moon is so rare it happens only every blue moon. But what’s the reason behind this? How rare are blue moons? Do they even happen on […]
The Mid-Infrared Instrument (MIRI) on the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST), formerly called Next Generation Spectroscopic Utility with second generation Adaptive Optics (NGSOFT), will be cooled to just 0.01 K above absolute zero, or -273 C (-459 F). Why would you want to cool something so cold? Colder objects emit […]
For many years, humanity has been searching the stars and asking ourselves if there are any other Earths out there, filled with life just like ours. Well, we still don’t have an answer to that question, but we are now beginning to find more and more stars which seem to […]
Our sun isn’t just the light at the center of our solar system, it’s also an ever-changing ball of gas that experiences superstorms of epic proportions every so often. Superstorms on the sun are so powerful they can send massive blasts of plasma and radiation hurtling through space, causing damages […]
Pluto has fascinated scientists and science fiction fans alike since its discovery in 1930 by Clyde Tombaugh, and it’s the most famous dwarf planet in our solar system—but that doesn’t mean we know everything there is to know about it. Recently, NASA made headlines with the news that they had […]
