Kuiper Belt Articles

• Solar Flare
  Sun
  Northern Lights
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Black Holes
  Satellites
   
  

  Magnetosphere

  A magnetosphere is the region around an astronomical object in which phenomena are dominated or organized by its magnetic field. Earth is surrounded by a magnetosphere, as are the magnetized planets ... > more
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Astronomy
  Stars
  Space Exploration
  Space Telescopes
  Sun
   
  

  Comet Hale-Bopp

  Comet Hale-Bopp was probably the most widely observed comet of the 20th century, and one of the brightest seen for many decades. It was visible to the naked eye for a record 18 months, twice as long ... > more
• Astronomy
  Solar System
  Extrasolar Planets
  Mars
  Sun
  Nebulae
   
  

  Johannes Kepler

  Johannes Kepler (December 27, 1571 - November 15, 1630), a key figure in the scientific revolution, was a German Lutheran mathematician, astrologer, and astronomer. Kepler lived in an era when there ... > more
• Solar Flare
  Sun
  Northern Lights
  Solar System
  Astronomy
  Cosmic Rays
   
  

  Solar flare

  A solar flare is a violent explosion in the Sun's atmosphere with an energy equivalent to tens of millions of hydrogen bombs. Solar flares take place in the solar corona and chromosphere, heating ... > more
• Sun
  Solar Flare
  Astronomy
  Solar System
  Moon
  Northern Lights
   
  

  Solar eclipse

  A solar eclipse occurs when the Moon passes between Earth and the Sun, thereby totally or partially obscuring Earth's view of the Sun. This configuration can only occur during a New Moon, when the ... > more
• Galaxies
  Astrophysics
  Astronomy
  Space Telescopes
  NASA
  Space Exploration
   
  

  Barred spiral galaxy

  A barred spiral galaxy is a spiral galaxy with a band of bright stars emerging from the center and running across the middle of the ... > more
• Mathematics
  Computer Graphics
  Math Puzzles
  Mathematical Modeling
  Computer Modeling
  Computer Programming
   
  

  Ellipse

  In mathematics, an ellipse is a plane algebraic curve where the sum of the distances from any point on the curve to two fixed points is constant. An ellipse can be drawn with two pins, a loop of ... > more
• Northern Lights
  Solar Flare
  Sun
  Astronomy
  Jupiter
  Black Holes
   
  

  Aurora (astronomy)

  The aurora is a glow observed in the night sky, usually in the polar zone. It is also known as "northern lights" or "aurora borealis," which is Latin for "northern dawn" since in Europe especially, ... > more
• Cosmology
  Big Bang
  Astrophysics
  Dark Matter
  Black Holes
  Astronomy
   
  

  Ultimate fate of the universe

  The ultimate fate of the universe is a subject of study in the field of cosmology. Vying scientific theories predict whether the life of the universe is finite or infinite. Current understanding of ... > more
• NASA
  Space Telescopes
  Space Exploration
  Galaxies
  Astrophysics
  Black Holes
   
  

  Hubble Deep Field

  The Hubble Deep Field (HDF) is an image of a small region of the sky, based on the results of a series of observations by the Hubble Space Telescope. The field is so small that only a few foreground ... > more

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