Precious samples collected from an asteroid are to be moved to a specialist laboratory in Texas. Material taken from what has been described as “the most dangerous rock in our Solar System” came... continue reading

posted by newtboy 1 year 5 months 2 weeks ago • 123 views • 2:48

Instead of shipping food all around the world, imagine your own food coming from your farm in a shipping container, just outside your backdoor. That’s the vision of FarmPod, a St. Croix-based startup... continue reading

posted by newtboy 3 years 4 months ago • 18 views • 6:56

YouTube description: In the last 20 years it's been surprisingly common for space probes to end missions early because reaction wheels have failed, moreover there's been a large number of failures associated... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 6 months 3 weeks ago • 566 views • 7:10

YT: A total eclipse of the sun is an awe-inspiring sight, but throughout history it has also inspired scientific research. Studying eclipses has led to discoveries about the composition of the sun, the... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 7 years 6 months 4 weeks ago • 46 views • 4:29

A more light hearted episode. On that solar eclipse hype train. I've never been so excited to literally not see something. Btw before someone's who's played aged of mythology chimes in, Mercury is a Roman... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 7 months ago • 306 views • 3:20

"It has the most hilarious name out any planet in our solar system, but there's more to Uranus 'dan dis'. It had plenty of rings surrounding it and is the 7th planet from the Sun. Learn all you need to... continue reading

posted by ant 8 years 6 months ago • 16 views • 3:50

Just how far is the supposed planet 9?

posted by lv_hunter 9 years ago • 738 views • 9:28

The last star in the universe will be a red dwarf. Red dwarfs in general might be great places to look for aliens – or planets for humans to find a new home after our solar system has died.

posted by ChaosEngine 9 years 1 month 1 week ago • 515 views • 5:51

From YT: On a dry lakebed in Nevada, a group of friends build the first scale model of the solar system with complete planetary orbits: a true illustration of our place in the universe.

posted by RFlagg 9 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 2,600 views • 7:07

Does life exist anywhere else in the universe? And how did it get started? Scientists are seeking the answers in the cosmos, our solar system and right here on planet Earth.

"We named the whole shebang after the sun." YouTube: In today's Crash Course Astronomy, Phil takes a look at the explosive history of our cosmic backyard. We explore how we went from a giant ball of... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 1 decade ago • 110 views • 10:17

"How old really is our solar system? Which planet in our solar system has the biggest ocean of all? Find out in The Solar System In Numbers! ..."

posted by ant 1 decade 1 month 4 weeks ago • 33 views • 2:42

YouTube Description: The solar system - well known from countless documentaries. 3D animation on black background. This infographic videos tries something different. Animated infographics and a focus... continue reading

posted by Grimm 1 decade 1 year 6 months 2 weeks ago • 211 views • 7:21

Voyager 1 will leave the Solar System and enter interstellar space some time in the next few months... it was actually launched at the exact same day I was born! :) Go Voyager go!

Our solar systems most visually beautiful planet, Saturn has a wealth of fascinating features. Learn a little bit about its ring system and the new giant ring that has been found. The "glory" of Saturn's... continue reading

posted by reiwan 1 decade 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,505 views

One of the more interesting planets in our solar system, mainly due to it's unique orbit. Find out how Uranus was almost named George and how it received its current name, why it is blue, and other bits... continue reading

posted by reiwan 1 decade 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,047 views

Learn interesting bits of info about Venus, including why Venus is used as an example of an Earth in a runaway greenhouse effect, the importance of Galileo's observations of Venus when combating the church's... continue reading

posted by reiwan 1 decade 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 781 views

Find out some interesting bits of info about the largest planet in our solar system. Including how Jupiter was used to calculate the speed of light, different facts about Io, Europa, Ganymede and Callisto,... continue reading

posted by reiwan 1 decade 5 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,073 views

The Earth's radius is often quoted when describing the size of exoplanets, such as those recently discovered by the Kepler telescope. Why? and other interesting bits about the discovery of planets outside... continue reading

posted by reiwan 1 decade 5 years 2 months ago • 1,052 views