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Astronomy on MSNMichael's Miscellany: 25 Questions About Astronomy
You've set your telescope up and are showing people some of the wonders in the sky. Of course, they're going to ask you ...
Our sun, currently in its prime, is expected to shine for another 5 billion years. Eventually, it will transform into a red ...
For a few evenings around 28 February, every planet in the solar system will be visible in the night sky, thanks to a rare great planetary alignment. Here's how to make sure you don't miss this ...
Google Maps in Space lets you "walk" the surface of the Moon, Mars, Venus, and other entities in the Solar System, as well as the International Space Station. Here's how to use it.
Image: NASA Venus is home to some of the weirdest volcanoes in the solar system—massive, flattened domes that look like planetary pancakes left to cool on the world’s blistering surface.
As a result, the borders of our Solar System remain a bit of a mystery to scientists, even as we develop telescopes that can see light years away and deep into the cosmic past.
As more data is gathered, it will not only provide clearer answers to the forces that shaped our solar system, but also enhance our understanding of the formation, composition, and evolutionary ...
Out in the solar system, the weather gets wacky – with globe-spanning dust storms, monsoons of liquid methane, and lightning 10 times stronger than here on Earth.
Before it met the 30,000-50,000 kelvin wall at the edge of our Solar System, Voyager 1 took its final images.
Venus, the hottest planet in the solar system, is estimated to have 85,000 volcanoes, based on radar images from NASA's 1989 Magellan mission.
Here's your chance to see four planets at once (if the sky is clear in Colorado). Venus, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars should be visible an hour after sunset on Saturday.
Heavenly questions China extends its reach into the Solar System with launch of asteroid mission Tianwen-2 will first return samples from an asteroid, then explore a mysterious comet-like object.
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