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Europa is often called Earth’s sister planet, and it has striking similarities to our own home in many ways. One of the most intriguing aspects of Europa, though, lies beneath its frozen surface — scientists suspect that the ocean that covers Europa may contain more than twice as much water […]
We tend to think of the Solar System as stable, unchanging, and predictable – but the truth is that it’s actually far more complicated than we can imagine! Here are 10 mindblowing facts about the solar system that will change how you view the universe Size The solar system is […]
We’ve all learned in school that the solar system has nine planets, plus a few dwarf planets in the Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud. But did you know that those nine planets orbit around the Sun in the same plane? From Earth, we can only see five of the planets, […]
For most people, the Moon is the closest thing to us in our solar system, but how close exactly? For those who don’t know how far the Moon is from Earth, it’s actually pretty far! The Moon is around 238,000 miles away from Earth on average. That may seem like […]
More than 66 million years ago, Earth was very different from what it is today. Back then, the Arctic was covered in palm trees, and humans didn’t exist yet. While there’s plenty of evidence about what our planet looked like during that time period—dinosaurs and all—it’s been hard to know […]
Many scientists believe Mars was habitable in the past, and that some kind of life form thrived on the planet millions of years ago. Not only that, but they think it may still be there today—as we speak! Scientists are trying to determine whether Mars has all the right ingredients […]
The Moon’s gravity does affect the Earth, but it doesn’t affect the surface of the Earth in the way you might think. If the Moon were suddenly to disappear from the night sky, no one on Earth would be able to tell the difference. The reason for this has to […]
The earth and the moon are both bodies of mass, but the moon is much smaller than the earth. So why does the moon have any effect on the rotation of our planet? The answer lies in something called angular momentum, or simply, the speed with which an object rotates […]
Earth, the planet that we all call home, is just one of many planets in our solar system, and our solar system is just one of millions of solar systems in the Milky Way galaxy. The Milky Way Galaxy, as well as its neighboring galaxies make up what we know […]
The Moon and the Earth are both fascinating celestial bodies, but they couldn’t be more different in size, with the Moon being about one-quarter of the size of Earth. If you’ve ever wondered what it would be like if the two were of equal size, wonder no more! We’ve created […]
