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How Hot Is the Sun? Our Solar System's Fiery Star, Explained
Discover the Sun’s incredible heat, its layers, and what fuels it. Explore ExtremeTech’s in-depth article and get closer to ...
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Solar System’s True Center Isn’t the Sun, Animation Shows
It’s commonly known that the Sun is the center of our solar system, with all the planets orbiting around it. However, this ...
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NASA's Parker Solar Probe is solving long-standing mysteries about the sun. Here's what we've learned so far.
The goal of the Parker Solar Probe mission is to investigate the mysteries of the sun's corona, its outer atmosphere. What ...
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Unpredictable Solar Activity Sends Satellites Plummeting to Earth
Last week, three tiny Australian satellites from Curtin University's Binar Space Program burned up in Earth's atmosphere.
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Solar System with Brian Cox
Professor Brian Cox takes us on a voyage across the Solar System revealing new discoveries, spectacular wonders and ...
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This Is How Asteroid Mining Could Forever Change the Earth and Space
The Earth’s natural resources are enormous but not infinite. A lack of some rare minerals can hinder technological ...
OTD In Space - November 13: Mariner 9 Becomes 1st Spacecraft To Orbit Mars
On 1971, Mariner 9 became the first spacecraft to orbit Mars. At the time, scientists didn't know much about the Red Planet.
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Asteroid pieces brought to Earth help reveal how our solar system's planets and moons grew
Samples collected from the near-Earth asteroid Ryugu have revealed clues about a primordial magnetic field that helped ...
Sputnik 1: It was the first artificial Earth satellite, launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union on 4 October 1957.
Voyager 1: It was a space probe launched by NASA on September 5, 1977 to study the outer Solar System and the interstellar ...
New Roadmap Sets the Stage for Nuclear-Powered Spacecraft by the 2030s
A consortium of companies just completed its initial foray into an 11-year project that could put the first nuclear-powered ...
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Earth Has Another Moon and It's Staying Until Thanksgiving
It entered Earth's orbit on Sept. 29 and will be taking up residency in our skies until Nov. 25 before returning to the solar system. Some past mini-moons, such as this one from 2020 ...
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If The Sun's Gravity Is So Strong, How Come All The Planets Are Moving Away From It?
The movements of the planets in the Solar System are pretty difficult to get your head around, even before we get started on the dark matter which seems to keep galaxies together and rotating with ...