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• 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
• Astronomy
  Galaxies
  Cosmic Rays
  Black Holes
  Solar Flare
  Stars
   
  

  Light-year

  A light-year or lightyear (symbol: ly) is a unit of measurement of length, specifically the distance light travels in a vacuum in one year. While there is no authoritative decision on which year is ... > more
• Venus
  Solar System
  Sun
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
   
  

  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
• Space Telescopes
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Cosmic Rays
  Black Holes
  Astronomy
   
  

  Compton Gamma Ray Observatory

  The Compton Gamma Ray Observatory (CGRO) was the second of the NASA "Great Observatories" to be launched to space, following the Hubble Space Telescope. The observatory was launched on the Space ... > more
• Volcanoes
  Natural Disasters
  Sports Science
  Geology
  Global Warming
  Early Climate
   
  

  Volcano

  A volcano is an opening (or rupture) in the Earth's surface or crust, which allows hot, molten rock, ash, and gases to escape from deep below the surface. Volcanic activity involving the extrusion of ... > more
• Solar System
  Extrasolar Planets
  Kuiper Belt
  Pluto
  Eris (Xena)
  Jupiter
   
  

  Planet

  The International Astronomical Union defines "planet" as a celestial body that, within the Solar System that is in orbit around the Sun; has sufficient mass for its self-gravity to overcome rigid ... > more
• Uranus
  Solar System
  Pluto
  Jupiter
  Moon
  Astronomy
   
  

  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
• Pluto
  Kuiper Belt
  Solar System
  Neptune
  Jupiter
  Moon
   
  

  Pluto

  Pluto, designated (134340) Pluto, in the Minor Planet Center catalogue, is the second-largest known dwarf planet in the solar system. It orbits between 29 and 49 AU from the Sun, and was the first ... > more
• Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Jupiter
  Astronomy
  Space Exploration
  Solar System
  NASA
   
  

  Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9

  Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9 (SL9, formally designated D/1993 F2) was a comet which collided with Jupiter in 1994, providing the first direct observation of the collision of two solar system ... > more
• Solar System
  Saturn
  Moon
  Pluto
  Jupiter
  Satellites
   
  

  Saturn's natural satellites

  Saturn is currently known to have 56 moons, many of which were discovered very recently, and 3 additional un-confirmed, hypothetical moons. However, a precise number of moons can never be given, as ... > more

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