How Stars & Planets Are Named: Learn About Common Names & the Bayer Naming System
There is a method to most astronomers’ madness to naming stars, as well as a reason why some stars have close to forty different names. Read further …
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Methods to Avoid Asteroid Collisions and How NASA Tracks Near-Earth Asteroids to Asses Risks of Each Object
So NASA has a goal of finding and tracking at least 90 percent of the asteroids and comets that could cause catastrophe if they collided with Earth. …
Continue ReadingUsing the VASIMR Rocket for a Manned Mission to Mars
The US space program is positioning itself for an eventual push to the planet Mars. Reaching the Red Planet will take a technological and human effort …
Continue ReadingCan Humans Survive a Trip to Mars? Challenges of a Human-Crew will Face while Traveling to and Visiting Mars
The US space program is positioning itself for an eventual push to the planet Mars. Reaching the red planet will take a technological and human effort …
Continue ReadingFood, Water, and Fuel Requirements of a Manned Mission to Mars
The US space program is positioning itself for an eventual push to the planet Mars. Reaching the Red Planet will take a technological and human effort …
Continue ReadingInteresting Facts about the Solar System: 19 Fun Facts about the Solar System as We Know It
Amazing and interesting facts about Solar system.
Continue ReadingInteresting Facts About The Sun - Learn Some Amazingly Awesome Facts About the Earth's Closest Star
Essential facts about our closest star, the Sun along with some amazing facts that you might not be aware of!
Continue ReadingInteresting Facts About Venus, Earth's "Evil Greenhouse Effect" Twin, including the Venusian day and year and high surface temperature
At first glance, the planet Venus seems like it could be Earth’s twin. Beyond superficial similarities of size, mass and composition, though, …
Continue ReadingFacts About Mercury, the Closest Planet to the Sun
Now known as the smallest planet in our solar system since Pluto was named a dwarf planet, Mercury is also the planet that orbits closest to the Sun. …
Continue ReadingFacts About Pluto, the Dwarf Planet Discovered by Clyde Tombaugh - NASA New Horizons Investigating the Plutoid, Charon and the Kuiper Belt
Pluto, once considered the smallest planet in our solar system, was downgraded to a dwarf planet in 2006, 76 years after its discovery in 1930. The …
Continue ReadingThe Big Crunch Theory: The Other Explanation as to How the Universe was Formed
One way or another, we are all familiar with the Big Bang Theory. It’s the most accepted cosmological model of the universe to date. But …
Continue ReadingWhat Year did Galileo Make his First Telescope? Learn how in 1609, Galileo Built a Telescope Making 2009 the 400th Anniversary of Galileo's Telescope, International Year of Astronomy
In 2009, the “The International Year of Astronomy,” marked the 400th anniversary of the telescope. Galileo made the first telescope in …
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