Saturn – Planets – Astronomy
Saturn, as seen from space After Jupiter, Saturn is the next farthest planet out from our Sun. In some ways, Saturn is a lot like Jupiter - it's very cold, and it's mostly made [...]
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What are planets? Astronomy – Space science
What are planets? The planet Venus from space Before there were planets For several hundred million years after the Big Bang, there were no planets, only stars. Planets couldn't form until the [...]
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Neptune – Planets – Astronomy – Physics
Neptune from space Neptune is the farthest planet from our Sun. Neptune is the only planet that is so far away that you can't see it without a telescope. Neptune (NEPP-toon) is [...]
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What is a nebula? Space and astronomy
The Eagle Nebula A nebula is a bunch of atoms and molecules floating in outer space, like a cloud of dust. More than one nebula are called nebulae, because -ae is the plural ending [...]
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The Moon – Astronomy – Physics
Earth's moon (about 239,000 miles from Earth) (That's almost ten times as far as going all the way around the Earth) Where did the moon come from? Nobody knows exactly [...]
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Momentum – Physics
This truck has a lot of mass, and it's going fast, so it has a lot of momentum Momentum describes how strong a moving thing is. Things that aren't moving [...]
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Meteors – Shooting stars – Astronomy
Lyrid meteor shower What is a meteor? Meteors or meteorites are bits of rock (like granite) and ice - usually a mixture of rock and iron and nickel but sometimes just rock or [...]
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Mercury – Planets – Astronomy
Mercury from space Which planet is Mercury? Mercury is the closest planet to our Sun. At some parts of its orbit, Mercury is only about 46 million kilometers away from the sun. The [...]
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What is mass? Physics
This truck has a lot of mass. Mass is a measure of the number of atoms in an object combined with the density of those atoms. Usually people measure mass in kilograms. You can tell [...]
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Mars, the red planet – Astronomy
Mars, the way the planet looks from space Which planet is Mars? The closest planet to Earth is Mars, and Mars is also the planet that seems most likely to have life on [...]
