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• Mars
  NASA
  Space Exploration
  Space Missions
  Solar System
  Space Probes
   
  

  Mars Exploration Rover

  NASA's Mars Exploration Rover (MER) Mission is an unmanned Mars exploration mission that sent two robotic rovers Spirit and Opportunity to explore the Martian surface and geology. Primary among the ... > more
• NASA
  Space Telescopes
  Astrophysics
  Space Exploration
  Galaxies
  Sports Science
   
  

  Edwin Hubble

  Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 - September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer, noted for his discovery of galaxies beyond the Milky Way and the cosmological redshift. Edwin Hubble was one ... > more
• 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
• Cosmology
  Big Bang
  Astrophysics
  Cosmic Rays
  Black Holes
  Dark Matter
   
  

  Big Bang nucleosynthesis

  In physical cosmology, Big Bang nucleosynthesis (or primordial nucleosynthesis) refers to the production of nuclei other than H-1, the normal, light hydrogen, during the early phases of the universe, ... > 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
• 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
• Quantum Physics
  Physics
  Chemistry
  Inorganic Chemistry
  Cosmic Rays
  Graphene
   
  

  Atom

  In chemistry and physics, an atom is the smallest particle of a chemical element that retains its chemical properties. An atom consists of a dense nucleus of positively-charged protons and ... > more
• Venus
  Solar System
  Sun
  Astronomy
  Solar Flare
  Extrasolar Planets
   
  

  Transit of Venus

  A transit of Venus across the Sun takes place when the planet Venus passes directly between the Sun and Earth, becoming visible against (and hence obscuring a small portion of) the solar disk. During ... > more
• Galaxies
  Stars
  Astronomy
  Nebulae
  Astrophysics
  Space Telescopes
   
  

  Magellanic Clouds

  The two Magellanic Clouds are irregular dwarf galaxies orbiting our Milky Way galaxy, and thus are members of our Local Group of galaxies.The Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) and its neighbour and ... > more
• Black Holes
  Astronomy
  Astrophysics
  Space Telescopes
  Galaxies
  Space Exploration
   
  

  Quasar

  A quasar is an astronomical source of electromagnetic energy, including light, which shows a very high redshift. The scientific consensus is that this high redshift is the result of Hubble's law. ... > more

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