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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...
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Meteor Showers: A Complete Stargazer Guide

Meteor showers are nature’s most accessible celestial fireworks — brief streaks of light that flash across the...
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Eris: The Dwarf Planet That Demoted Pluto

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

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

Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the one backyard astronomers chase hardest, because for...
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Mercury: The Smallest Planet

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