Category: The Solar System
The following video explores the Pluto’s atmosphere and its unique mechanism. Namely, Pluto’s atmosphere is cooler than scientists previously thought. The haze around Pluto contains mainly two elements – nitrogen and methane – that...
The following video explains new findings about bright spots on Ceres. Namely, scientists have discovered that Ceres has more than 300 bright spots across the surface.
The following video explains how icy volcanoes on Saturn’s moon Enceladus work. It extracts information about icy volcanoes from various types of volcanoes in our Solar System.
After New Horizons spacecraft has made the closest encounter with the icy world of Pluto, it is heading toward the farthest object in our Solar System called 2014 MU69. The small icy space object...
A team of astronomers led by scientists from the Queen’s Belfast University has detected the first comet from interstellar space visiting our solar system. The comet is named A/2017 U1 and has an extreme...
According to two recent studies conducted by NASA, scientists have found that a dwarf planet Ceres might have had a salty ocean once. Moreover, they believe that Ceres still has water behind its surface.
Using new data, scientists have revealed that the Martian moon Phobos has the electrically charged atmosphere and is not suitable for future missions. According to them, that happens because of strong solar winds that...
An international team of scientists has discovered a ring around the most distant trans-Neptunian object Haumea. The dwarf planet is located 7.5 billion kilometers from our planet and has a specific rotational speed that...
A team of UCLA scientists has discovered intense storms on Saturn’s moon Titan. Namely, this largest Saturn’s moon shows more extreme weather conditions than it was previously expected.
The following video explains how many moons each planet of our Solar System has. It also explains what causes the moons to appear.
NASA’s MAVEN spacecraft has spotted a huge aurora that covers almost entire Mars. This Aurora is 25 times brighter than we have seen before. It appears as a result of the solar storm that...
NASA’s New Horizons’ mission reveals giant blades of ice on Pluto’s surface that resembles huge skyscrapers. However, scientists were baffled by their size and how they have been formed. A new research resolved the...
The following video shows a new image of crescent Enceladus captured by the NASA’s Cassini spacecraft. The image was taken when Cassini was about 180,000 kilometers away from the Saturn’s moon, on March 29...
The Autumn Equinox this year will happen on September 22. At the same time, the waxing Moon will make a close conjunction with the biggest planet in our Solar System, Jupiter. We can also...
The following video describes the icy world of Pluto located at the edge of our Solar System. Even though it has lost the status of a planet, it continues to fascinate us with its...
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has captured this new video of Saturn’s moon Enceladus from the closest distance.