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• Jupiter
  Space Exploration
  Astronomy
  NASA
  Sun
  Solar Flare
   
  

  Great Red Spot

  The Great Red Spot is a persistent anticyclonic storm on the planet Jupiter, 22 degrees south of the equator, which has lasted at least 340 years. The storm is large enough to be visible through ... > 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
• 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
• Nebulae
  Stars
  Galaxies
  Astrophysics
  Astronomy
  Extrasolar Planets
   
  

  Planetary nebula

  A planetary nebula is an astronomical object consisting of a glowing shell of gas and plasma formed by certain types of stars at the end of their lives. They are in fact unrelated to planets; the ... > 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
• Kuiper Belt
  Pluto
  Eris (Xena)
  Solar System
  Astronomy
  Extrasolar Planets
   
  

  Eris (dwarf planet)

  Eris is the largest known dwarf planet in the solar system. It is a trans-Neptunian object (TNO), orbiting the Sun in a region of space known as the scattered disc, just beyond the Kuiper belt, and ... > more
• Solar System
  Astronomy
  Pluto
  Sun
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Solar Flare
   
  

  Solar System

  The Solar System consists of the Sun and the other celestial objects gravitationally bound to it: the eight planets, their 165 known moons, three dwarf planets (Ceres, Pluto, and Eris and their four ... > more
• Mercury
  Solar System
  Astronomy
  Sun
  Extrasolar Planets
  Pluto
   
  

  Mercury (planet)

  Mercury is the innermost and smallest planet in the solar system, orbiting the Sun once every 88 days. It ranges in brightness from about −2.0 to 5.5 in apparent magnitude, but is not easily ... > 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
• Mars
  Solar System
  Astronomy
  Asteroids, Comets and Meteors
  Space Exploration
  Extrasolar Planets
   
  

  Extraterrestrial life

  Extraterrestrial life is life that may exist and originate outside the planet Earth, the only place in the universe currently known by humans to support life. Its existence is currently purely ... > more

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