Articles Containing Tag: planets

How many planets are in our solar system, and what is the one farthest out? The answers  may reveal your age, because things changed after Aug. 24, 2006. On that day, the answers became eight – and Neptune is the… Read More

The eighth planet from our sun, Neptune, is a giant swirly ball of ice and wind, unlike any other world in our solar system. So much remains unknown about what is now considered the most distant planet in our system…. Read More

Earth may be the most unusual planet orbiting our sun. After all, what other can boast life –plant, animal, or otherwise? A close runner-up, however, would be the seventh planet out, Uranus. With temperatures as low as negative 357 degrees… Read More

Out past Jupiter lies our solar system’s second largest planet, the gas giant Saturn. It is one of the most intriguing members of our system, with its most impressive – but not only – ring system and with its most… Read More

Earth may be the biggest of the inner planets, but it has nothing on the giants of the outer solar system. And there’s no planet in the system bigger than the fifth from the sun, Jupiter. But that isn’t the… Read More

Welcome to the fastest moving planet in our solar system: Mercury. In fact, speed isn’t the only record it holds. It’s the smallest, the closest to the sun, and the one with the shortest year as well. Mercury is a… Read More

Did you know Earth has a sister planet? Some even use the term evil twin! Venus is similar to Earth – it is the only other of the inner planets with any significant atmosphere. Yet it’s still alien enough to… Read More

Was there ever life on Mars? Could it be humanity’s next celestial destination? For thousands of years, Earth’s little red neighbor has inspired questions and legends alike. Mars – Bringer of War Mars, the fourth planet from the sun, is… Read More

Of all the planets orbiting our sun, Earth is the strangest. Is that an odd thing to say – that the planet we’re most familiar with is the most unique? All worlds are somewhat different, but ours stands out as… Read More

Over the years, images on the surface of Mars have revealed themselves through various photos taken of the red planet. Faces of bears, enormous claw marks, and floating spoons name just a few of the illusions spotted on Earth’s celestial… Read More

Scientists are hoping to return to the moon and colonize Mars in the next few years – but another of Earth’s neighbors may be worth visiting, as scientists find signs of life. Scientists have discovered the gas phosphine in the… Read More

Imagine living on the South Pole. It would be freezing, and you couldn’t go outside. Not much fun, right? Now, imagine living on the planet Mars. There it would be even worse. Despite this, many people, like billionaire Elon Musk,… Read More