Solar System
What is the Life Cycle Of The Sun?
Like all stars, our Sun has a life-cycle that began with its birth (4.57 billion years ago) and will end…
Order Of the Planets From The Sun
First the quick facts: Our Solar System has eight “official” planets which orbit the Sun. Here are the planets listed…
New Dwarf Planet is Most Distant Object Yet Observed in our Solar System
It has been estimated that there may be hundreds of dwarf planets in the Kuiper belt and Oort Cloud of…
Will We Contaminate Europa?
Europa is probably the best place in the Solar System to go searching for life. But before they're launched, any…
Saturn’s Moon Tethys
Thanks the Voyager missions and the more recent flybys conducted by the Cassini space probe, Saturn's system of moons have…
Is Jupiter Our Friend Or Enemy?
Like me, you’re probably a little ego-geocentric about the importance of Earth. It’s where you were born, it’s where you…
Is the Universe Dying?
Is our 13.8 billion year old universe actually in its death throes? Poor Universe, its demise announced right in it’s…
This is a Scale Model of the Solar System Like You’ve Never Seen Before
We've all seen illustrations of the Solar System. They're in our school textbooks, on posters, on websites, on t-shirts... in…
Planet Earth
Planet Earth is the birthplace of humanity, the cradle of human civilization, and the only known planet in our Solar…
Astronomy Cast Ep. 384: Escaping Probes
The gravity of the Earth is a tough thing to escape, but breaking free from the gravity of the Sun…