Guide to Space
What is the Biggest Planet in the Solar System?
Ever since the invention of the telescope four hundred years ago, astronomers have been fascinated by the gas giant of…
What Are The Biggest Mysteries in Astronomy?
Black Holes? Dark Energy? Dark Matter? Alien Life? What are the biggest mysteries that still exist out there for us…
How Many Moons Does Uranus Have?
Like all the gas and ice giants of the outer Solar System, Uranus has an impressive system as moons, of…
Uranus’s Moon Oberon
In 1610, Galileo's observed four satellites orbiting the distant gas giant of Jupiter. This discovery would ignite a revolution in…
When Will We Find Another Earth?
We hear about discoveries of exoplanets every day. So how long will it take us to find another planet like…
Mir: Russia’s Space Station
The Mir Space Station was Russia’s greatest space station, and the first modular space station to be assembled in orbit.…
What Is The Kuiper Belt?
Dr. Mike Brown is a professor of planetary astronomy at Caltech. He's best known as the man who killed Pluto,…
Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin – The Second Man on the Moon
Astronaut, engineer, author, and actor, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin is what you might call a living legend. As the Lunar Module…
Neil Armstrong: The First Man to Walk on the Moon
Neil Armstrong is considered one of the greatest heroes of the space age, earning renown within the United States and…
Who Was The First Man To Go Into Space?
Picture if you will two titanic powers struggling to see who will be the first to conquer space. Between them,…