The Solar System is the gravitationally bound planetary system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly of the objects that orbit the Sun directly, the largest are the eight planets, with the remainder being smaller objects
Mars is the fourth planet from the Sun and the second-smallest planet in the Solar System after Mercury . In English, Mars carries a name of the Roman god of war , and is often referred to as the „Red Planet“ because the iron oxide prevalent on its surface gives it a reddish appearance that is distinctive among …
A meteor shower is a celestial event in which a number of meteors are observed to radiate, or originate, from one point in the night sky. These meteors are caused by streams of cosmic debris called meteoroids entering Earth’s atmosphere at extremely high speeds on parallel trajectories. Most meteors are smaller than a grain of sand, so almost …
NASA’s Apollo 11 mission comes to life in 19,000 hours of newly available audio. Over the eight-day, 3-hour Apollo 11 mission, astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins stayed in constant communication with mission control and supporting teams. The back-and-forth conversations, which took place over what are called communication „loops,“ were released to the media, because NASA …