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Uranus: The Ice Giant with Extreme Seasons, Dark Rings & Mysterious Climate

noor-e-aishaJuly 9, 2025

Uranus is the seventh planet from the Sun and is classified as a gaseous, cyan-colored ice giant. Most of the planet is composed of water, ammonia, and methane in a supercritical phase of matter, commonly referred to in astronomy as “ice” or volatiles. Uranus has a complex, layered cloud structure and holds the record for […]

Saturn: The Ringed Gas Giant and Second Largest Planet in the Solar System

noor-e-aishaJuly 8, 2025

Saturn is the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in the Solar System, after Jupiter. It is a gas giant with an average radius about nine times that of Earth. Although it has only one-eighth the average density of Earth, it is over 95 times more massive. Even though Saturn is almost as […]

Mars: Facts About the Red Planet, Its Moons, Surface, and NASA Missions

noor-e-aishaJuly 7, 2025

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and is often called the “Red Planet” due to its reddish appearance, which is caused by iron oxide (rust) on its surface. It was named after Mars, the Roman god of war. According to Roman mythology, some believed their ancestors fought and died on Mars, which they […]

The Moon: Earth’s Only Natural Satellite

noor-e-aishaJuly 6, 2025

The Moon, also known as Luna, is Earth’s only natural satellite. One widely accepted theory suggests that the Moon formed billions of years ago when a Mars-sized celestial body named Theia collided with the early Earth. The debris from this massive impact eventually came together to form the Moon we see today. Unlike Earth, the […]

The Blue Jewel of the Solar System

noor-e-aishaJuly 6, 2025

Earth is the only known planet in our solar system that supports life. It is often called the “Blue Planet” because about 71% of its surface is covered with water, mostly in the form of oceans, seas, lakes, and rivers. This abundance of water is one of the main reasons Earth can support life as […]

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Venus: The Bright Beauty with a Fiery Heart

noor-e-aishaJuly 5, 2025

Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is often called Earth’s “twin sister” because of their similar size and composition. The planet was named after the Roman goddess of beauty. Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system, mainly due to its thick atmosphere, which traps heat through an intense greenhouse effect. […]

The Basics of Mercury: Our Solar System’s Speedy Planet

noor-e-aishaJuly 4, 2025

Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system. It is the first planet from the sun but still Venus is the hottest planet of our solar system. Mercury is named after the roman god of speed because it revolves to fast that it’s one year lasts 88 Earth days. Mercury’s one day lasts 176 […]

June 23, 2015: 60,000 orbits for Mars Odyssey

noor-e-aishaJune 30, 2025

NASA’s Mars Odyssey spacecraft completed its 60,000th orbit of the Red Planet on June 23, 2015. When Odyssey launched in April 2001 with a goal of better understanding Mars’ environment, the Red Planet was generally thought to be dry, barren world; the mission transformed our understanding, discovering widespread subsurface water ice. Its continuous observations have […]

June 28, 2011: Kerberos is discovered

noor-e-aishaJune 30, 2025

On June 28, 2011, Pluto’s moon Kerberos was discovered by a team using the Hubble Space Telescope, led by senior research scientist Mark Showalter. While the primary goal of the observing program was to identify both potential targets and potential hazards for the then-upcoming New Horizons mission, Kerberos and its fellow moon Styx were also […]

How a signal from a 60-year-old satellite baffled astronomers for over a year

noor-e-aishaJune 30, 2025

Around midday on June 13 last year, my colleagues and I were scanning the skies when we thought we had discovered a strange and exciting new object in space. Using a huge radio telescope, we spotted a blindingly fast flash of radio waves that appeared to be coming from somewhere inside our galaxy. After a […]

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Category: Solar System

Uranus: The Ice Giant with Extreme Seasons, Dark Rings & Mysterious Climate

Saturn: The Ringed Gas Giant and Second Largest Planet in the Solar System

Mars: Facts About the Red Planet, Its Moons, Surface, and NASA Missions

The Moon: Earth’s Only Natural Satellite

The Blue Jewel of the Solar System

Venus: The Bright Beauty with a Fiery Heart

The Basics of Mercury: Our Solar System’s Speedy Planet

June 23, 2015: 60,000 orbits for Mars Odyssey

June 28, 2011: Kerberos is discovered

How a signal from a 60-year-old satellite baffled astronomers for over a year

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