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• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Solar System
  NASA
  Astronomy
  Pluto
  Moon
   
  

  Near-Earth object

  Near-Earth objects (NEO) are asteroids, comets and large meteoroids whose orbit intersects Earth's orbit and which may therefore pose a collision danger. Due to their size and proximity, NEOs are ... > more
• Neptune
  Solar System
  Jupiter
  Astronomy
  Pluto
  Extrasolar Planets
   
  

  Neptune

  Neptune is the eighth and outermost planet in our solar system. It is the fourth-largest planet by diameter and the third-largest by mass; Neptune is 17 times the mass of Earth and is slightly more ... > more
• Moon
  Space Missions
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Probes
  Space Station
   
  

  Neil Armstrong

  Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, naval aviator. He is famous as the first human ever to step foot on the ... > more
• Space Station
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Probes
  Space Missions
  Astronomy
   
  

  Space Shuttle program

  NASA's Space Shuttle, officially called Space Transportation System (STS), is the United States government's only manned launch vehicle currently in service. It is the first winged manned spacecraft ... > more
• Northern Lights
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Space Station
  NASA
  Space Probes
   
  

  Ion thruster

  An ion thruster (or ion drive), one of several types of spacecraft propulsion, uses beams of ions - electrically charged atoms or molecules - for propulsion. The precise method for accelerating the ... > more
• Solar System
  Pluto
  Kuiper Belt
  Satellites
  Eris (Xena)
  Moon
   
  

  Dysnomia (moon)

  Dysnomia, is a moon of the dwarf planet Eris. The satellite is about 60 times fainter than Eris, and its diameter is estimated to be approximately eight times smaller. Astronomers now know that three ... > more
• Pluto
  Solar System
  Kuiper Belt
  Astronomy
  NASA
  Space Exploration
   
  

  Ceres (dwarf planet)

  Ceres, also designated 1 Ceres or (1) Ceres, is the smallest dwarf planet in the Solar System and the only one located in the main asteroid belt. With a diameter of about 950 km, Ceres is by far the ... > 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
• 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
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Astronomy
  Solar System
  Sun
  Solar Flare
  Space Exploration
   
  

  Comet

  A comet is a small body in the solar system that orbits the Sun and (at least occasionally) exhibits a coma (or atmosphere) and/or a tail - both primarily from the effects of solar radiation upon the ... > more

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