The Pale Blue Dot is a very famous image that was taken by the Voyager 1 probe. The very famous picture was taken by Voyager 1 when the probe was instructed to turn its camera around at a massive 3.7 billion
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As we know there are endless planets in the universe, and an infinite amount of planets in an infinite amount of galaxies, revolving around an infinite amount of stars. We also know that we have not yet found any planets with
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Have you heard of the 'Parker Solar Probe' ? It's a new spacecraft that has been launched by NASA, (National Aeronautics & Space Administration) and it is very exciting. The mission of the probe is to get closer to the sun than any other probe has ever been
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What is NASA & what does NASA stand for? Do you want to know more about NASA? OK, please read on, and learn the answers to the questions, along with some fun facts about NASA. On this website, there are many references
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Light Years...Are they years of light, or light of a year? What are they? What is for certain is that light years are very important in trying to gauge and measure the distance to and from everything that exists in the
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First off, shooting stars are awesome, and they are awesome to look at, however have you ever really wondered what shooting stars are, how they are formed and why they 'shoot' through the night sky! Are shooting stars
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The Aurora Borealis / Australis is a fantastic phenomenon.... The Aurora or Polar Lights are an amazing sight, that can been seen from the Earth or above the Earth in the Artic or Antarctic. The Aurora Borealis at the Artic is called
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With all the galaxies, stars, planets and everything else going on in the universe, and with the ability through technology to view all of these amazing things clustered together, it becomes kind of a normal sight to see. like the picture
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If you have been learning from this website for school or just because like us here @ ouruniverseforkids.com you love astronomy and everything about the universe, here are 200 facts about the universe... Enjoy, and keep learning and looking at the
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When it comes to telescopes, it's more common to hear about the optical rather than radio ones. Optical telescopes work by collecting light and bouncing it towards what's being looked at through the eyepiece. As reviewed by Telescopic Watch, Celestron
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