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• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Solar System
  Pluto
  Kuiper Belt
  Jupiter
  Eris (Xena)
   
  

  Asteroid belt

  The asteroid belt is a region of the solar system falling roughly between the planets Mars and Jupiter where the greatest concentration of asteroid orbits can be found. Despite popular imagery, the ... > more
• Mars
  Solar System
  NASA
  Space Missions
  Space Exploration
  Astronomy
   
  

  Deimos (moon)

  Deimos is probably an asteroid that was perturbed by Jupiter into an orbit that allowed it to be captured by Mars, though this hypothesis is still in some dispute. Like most bodies of its size, ... > more
• Jupiter
  Solar System
  Astronomy
  Space Exploration
  Space Probes
  Pluto
   
  

  Jupiter

  Jupiter is the fifth planet from the Sun and by far the largest within the solar system. Jupiter is usually the fourth brightest object in the sky (after the Sun, the Moon and Venus); however at ... > more
• Pluto
  Kuiper Belt
  Extrasolar Planets
  Solar System
  Eris (Xena)
  Astronomy
   
  

  Definition of planet

  The definition of "planet" has for some time been the subject of intense debate. Although the word dates back thousands of years, no officially decreed scientific definition of "planet" existed ... > more
• Mars
  Extrasolar Planets
  Solar System
  NASA
  Space Missions
  Space Exploration
   

  Astrobiology

  Astrobiology is the study of life in space, combining aspects of astronomy, biology and geology. It is focused primarily on the study of the origin, distribution and evolution of ... > more
• Space Missions
  Space Exploration
  NASA
  Uranus
  Space Probes
  Jupiter
   
  

  Voyager program

  The Voyager program consisted of a pair of unmanned scientific probes, Voyager 1 and Voyager 2, launched in 1977. They were sent to study Jupiter and Saturn, using an advantageous planetary alignment ... > more
• Uranus
  Solar System
  Astronomy
  Pluto
  Jupiter
  Moon
   
  

  Uranus

  Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun. It is a gas giant, the third largest by diameter and fourth largest by mass. NASA's Voyager 2 is the only spacecraft to have visited the planet and no other ... > more
• Pluto
  Kuiper Belt
  Solar System
  Moon
  Jupiter
  Satellites
   
  

  Charon (moon)

  Charon, discovered in 1978, is, depending on the definition employed, either the largest moon of Pluto or one member of a double dwarf planet with Pluto being the other member. With the discovery in ... > more
• Venus
  Solar System
  Astronomy
  Sun
  NASA
  Space Exploration
   
  

  Transit of Venus

  A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and the Earth, obscuring a small portion of the Sun's ... > more
• NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Space Station
  Astronomy
  Space Probes
   
  

  NASA

  The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), which was established in 1958, is the agency responsible for the public space program of the United States of America. NASA's vision is "to ... > more

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