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What Happens If an Asteroid Hits Earth?

The thought of an asteroid hitting Earth sounds like the plot of a disaster movie, but in...

Meteor Showers: A Complete Stargazer Guide

Meteor showers are nature’s most accessible celestial fireworks — brief streaks of light that flash across the...

Eris: The Dwarf Planet That Demoted Pluto

Eris is the distant, icy dwarf planet whose 2005 discovery directly triggered the demotion of Pluto in...

The Moons of the Solar System

The moons of the solar system are some of the most fascinating worlds an amateur astronomer can...

The Sun: Our Star Explained

The Sun is the star at the heart of our solar system — a 4.6-billion-year-old sphere of...

Mars: The Red Planet

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the one backyard astronomers chase hardest, because for...

Mercury: The Smallest Planet

Mercury is the smallest planet in our solar system and the closest to the Sun, and it...

The Moon: Our Nearest Neighbour in Space

The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite, the brightest object in our night sky after the Sun,...

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