| 单词 | solar system |
| 例句 | Interior to the region of gassy planets and orbiting icebergs are the warm, rocky provinces of the inner solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z He was an astronomer and mathematician and studied the evolution of the solar system. Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Only a few astronomers, notably Gerard Kuiper, the Dutch-born astronomer for whom the Kuiper belt of comets is named, took any interest in the solar system at all. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z In the future we may have telescopes in the Earth’s orbit, around toward the other side of the Sun, in effect a radio telescope as large as the inner solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z “Your brain could not be more clearly in another solar system. Are you gonna tell me or what?” Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z Gold light from the hologram of Earth’s solar system glows eerily in the frozen fog from the corner of the room. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z My parent’s “mission” is on a planet outside our entire solar system, called Sagan. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Looking up at this bizarre light fixture while standing between two cracked and peeling, yet somehow still majestic, horned carousel stallions, all I can think about is watching the solar system episode in Mom’s lap. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z People wanting to visit more distant solar systems would have to set out with the understanding that they would most certainly die en route, hoping that their descendants would someday reach their destination safely. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Blue walls covered with superhero and comic book posters, a solar system slowly revolved from the ceiling, a stuffed boa constrictor stretched across the foot of his bed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Then an idea for my report came to me: I would explore the solar system. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z A rotating solar system hung over his bed like one of those things you put over a crib. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z The total amount of energy from outside the solar system ever received by all the radio telescopes on the planet Earth is less than the energy of a single snowflake striking the ground. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Based on what we know now and can reasonably imagine, there is absolutely no prospect that any human being will ever visit the edge of our own solar system–ever. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z When I was a boy, the solar system was thought to contain thirty moons. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The solar wind trickles into the outer solar system far beyond the orbit of Saturn. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z She knew about atoms and elementary particles, and anbaromagnetic charges and the four fundamental forces and other bits and pieces of experimental theology, but nothing about the solar system. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Even if every asteroid in the solar system had a name and known orbit, no one could say what perturbations might send any of them hurtling toward us. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z For most of the 1980s and 1990s, Neptune was in fact the solar system’s most far-flung planet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z It is only after 200,000 other worlds have been colonized that, in the usual course of things, our solar system would be accidentally discovered to harbor an indigenous civilization. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z About three or four of these a year, known as long-period comets, pass through the inner solar system. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The solar system will then be filled with an eerie radiance, the ghost of the Sun, outward bound. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There, cut off from all communication, I was truly alone, the only person in the solar system who could not even see the planet of his birth. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z The orbits of the present planets are the orbits of the survivors of this collisional natural selection, the stable middle age of a solar system dominated by early catastrophic impacts. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z So the solar system is really quite enormous. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z “They changed Pluto’s planetary status in 2006. It’s no longer considered one of the nine planets in our solar system.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z How does a picture from the outer solar system get to us? Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Just as for Cyg X-l, their rapid fluctuations show their enormous brightness to be confined to a very small volume, in this case less then the size of the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When the solar system is all explored, we will probably have evidence for impact catastrophism on all nine worlds, from Mercury to Pluto, and on all the smaller moons, comets and asteroids. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I rest my head on his shoulder and tell him about going to the museum and Ahnighito and all the things that had to go right for our solar system, galaxy, and universe to form. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z But perhaps in another century or two, when the solar system is all explored, we will also have put our planet in order. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As the solar system condensed out of instellar gas and dust, Jupiter acquired most of the matter that was not ejected into interstellar space and did not fall inward to form the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Now a natural question is why it took so long for anyone to find a moon in our own solar system. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z On the crosstown bus, he taught a second grader how to memorize the order of the planets in the solar system. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z If it were only a little ahead of us—we who are already exploring the solar system—its representatives should by now be here. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In our own solar system there are several bodies that may be suitable for life of some sort: the Earth certainly, and perhaps Mars, Titan and Jupiter. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As the Tunguska Event and Meteor Crater, Arizona, also remind us, not all impact catastrophes occurred in the early history of the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It turns out that, with respect to the stars, Venus turns once every 243 Earth days, but backward, in the opposite direction from all other planets in the inner solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The giant gas worlds, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn—the jewel of the solar system—and Jupiter all have an entourage of icy moons. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Leave the solar system and start looking for an extrasolar Earthlike planet.” Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The point to remember, of course, is that when considering the universe at large we don’t actually know what is in our own solar system. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z When Voyager approached this giant moon we found a strange multicolored surface unlike any other in the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The most interesting of the moons of Saturn seems to be Titan, the largest moon in the solar system and the only one with a substantial atmosphere. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Virtually all of it–99.9 percent of the mass of the solar system–went to make the Sun. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Our galaxy is a huge disk of stars millions of light- years across, and the solar system is somewhere near the outside edge of the disk. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z A twelfth planet has been named in the solar system. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The pace of progress has continued to be brisk: manned orbital flight; humans orbiting, then landing on the moon; and unmanned spacecraft outward bound throughout the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z An inflatable solar system hung from the ceiling, with the sun and eight planets scaled to size, along with various starship Enterprise models. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z “You said it was the littlest planet in the solar system!” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z Copernicus held that not just the solar system but the entire universe was heliocentric, and Kepler denied that the stars have planetary systems. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Such are the distances, in fact, that it isn’t possible, in any practical terms, to draw the solar system to scale. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z We have relatively abundant gold and uranium on Earth only because many supernova explosions had occurred just before the solar system formed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The planets are the old-timers in the inner solar system; the comets are the newcomers. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I bet we looked like the solar system, with me being the sun and Byron being the orbiting Earth. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z Listening to Ms. Freedman, the seventh-grade science teacher, describe the spring unit on the solar system reminded me that I was really going to be there for the entire school year. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z I wonder how the whole Jesus thing works if we’re on a different planet on the opposite side of the galaxy in another solar system. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z They faced each other like two suns at the center of a solar system consisting entirely of hovering hand mirrors. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z That every atom in us originally came from a shining light at the heart of the solar system. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z “It’s the eleven-letter word for the bubble in space that contains our solar system.” Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z We find them throughout the inner solar system—from Mercury, closest to the Sun, to cloud-covered Venus to Mars and its tiny moons, Phobos and Deimos. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z For a split second, the world seems to tilt on its axis, like it’s about to roll right off its designated ring in the solar system and float aimlessly into outer space. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Harder still to believe that it contains the origins of the solar system. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z Shapley had in 1915 the courage to propose that the solar system was in the outskirts and not near the core of our galaxy. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z And what else is out there, beyond the solar system? A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z You also quickly realize that none of the maps you have ever seen of the solar system were remotely drawn to scale. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Indeed, seven moons in the solar system, including our own, are larger. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z But this is unlikely to be a mere coincidence; more likely, the shock wave produced by the supernova compressed interstellar gas and dust and triggered the condensation of the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z "We might as well attempt to introduce a new planet into the solar system or annihilate one already in existence, as to create or destroy a particle of hydrogen," he wrote. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z They were searching the cosmic radio background—that is, radio sources far beyond our solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The Earth and its companion the Moon must be bombarded by comets and small asteroids, debris left over from the formation of the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When our solar system is all explored, the planets of other stars will beckon. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z With abundant organic molecules on its surface and in its atmosphere, Titan is a remarkable and unique denizen of the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z On Mars, and elsewhere in the solar system, we see features that could not be produced today, landscapes carved hundreds of millions or billions of years ago when the planetary climate was probably very different. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I dream that my blue cat’s eye is shining in the sky like the sun, or like the pictures of planets in our book on the solar system. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z Second: The existence of certain varieties of heavy atoms on the Earth suggests that there was a nearby supernova explosion shortly before the solar system was formed. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z When every planet in your solar system has exploded? The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 2007-09-01T00:00:00Z I’ve been so worried about him, this boy I love, more worried than I knew until right this moment, staring up at the solar system. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z After Uranus it will plunge on past Neptune, leaving the solar system, becoming an interstellar spacecraft, fated to roam forever the great ocean between the stars. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Huge enough to have its own solar system. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z "Astronomers in the twentieth century essentially abandoned the solar system," he added. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z After its path is further changed by gravitational encounters with Jupiter or Saturn, it tends to find itself, once every century or so, careering toward the inner solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z In the early history of the solar system, there were probably many planets in the process of formation. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Blue walls covered with superhero and comic book posters, a solar system slowly revolved from the ceiling, a stuffed boa constrictor stretched across the foot of his bed. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z It’s not exactly to scale, but it’s definitely Earth’s solar system. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z The guide shows them agate from Brazil and violet amethysts and a meteorite on a pedestal that he claims is as ancient as the solar system itself. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Every now and then a passing star gives a tiny gravitational tug, and one of them obligingly careens into the inner solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Even nearby civilizations could spend millions of years in such separate or joint colonial ventures without ever stumbling upon our obscure solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Jupiter and its moons are a kind of miniature solar system and exquisite worlds with much to teach us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z If you check your itinerary, you will see that this is a trip to the edge of our solar system, and I’m afraid we’re not there yet. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Today it takes a few months to cross the ocean of the inner solar system and make planet-fall on Mars or Venus, which are truly and literally new worlds awaiting us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z We do not expect an advanced technical civilization on any other planet in our solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I wished we hadn’t gone any farther out, that we hadn’t tried to see ourselves from the outer edge of the solar system. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z At one point he said the cells “would reach a volume greater than that of the solar system.” The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z They might have been a solar system of their own, with nothing rise in space, as they went round and round among the dunes and coarse grass of the estuary. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z We walk beneath the solar system and into what must’ve once been the living room. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z But how could Rome claim to be the seat of the one true Church if its authority could not extend to other solar systems? Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z At some radio frequencies the Earth has become by far the brightest object, the most powerful radio source, in the solar system— brighter than Jupiter, brighter than the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z All the planets orbit the Sun, the nearest star, an inferno of hydrogen and helium gas engaged in thermonuclear reactions, flooding the solar system with light. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I created a story about a group of six scientists who decide to explore part of the solar system. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z They charitably consider many alternatives, including the surprising possibility that the source lies within the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z It was natural to think of the solar system as much more compact and local. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Venus could not be a mere few thousand years old but, rather, it must be as old as all the other objects in the inner solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Moreover, our solar system could not have come into existence by chance but required the deliberate organization of its component parts in order to create a stable system. The Invention of Science 2015-09-17T00:00:00Z The fate of the inner solar system as the Sun becomes a red giant is grim enough. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I was oily and puffy from thirty-two hours of flying, and I still had the caldera of the solar system’s largest volcano smoldering between my eyebrows. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z The sheer number of actions and reactions it’s taken to form our solar system, our galaxy, our universe, is astonishing. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z General relativity holds sway in the realm of the very, very big: the most massive objects in the universe, such as stars, solar systems, and galaxies. Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea 2000-02-07T00:00:00Z Space cannot even properly be said to be expanding because, as the physicist and Nobel laureate Steven Weinberg notes, "solar systems and galaxies are not expanding, and space itself is not expanding." A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The inner solar system will then reside within the Sun. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z I’m like that theoretical brown dwarf star or gas giant planet lurking at the far edges of our solar system, way beyond Pluto. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z Without our binary stars holding us together, our orbits decayed until the Bahrami family solar system succumbed to entropy and broke apart. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z Ernest Rutherford depicted the atom as a miniature solar system, with negatively charged electrons surrounding a tiny yet massive nucleus consisting of positively charged protons and negatively charged electrons. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z If an advanced civilization were to arrive in our solar system, there would be nothing whatever we could do about it. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Like the Moon, they all bear witness to an age of impact catastrophism in the early history of the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z But the Voyager record is on its way out of the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z The little flock of golden birds continued to twitter in circles around her head so that she looked like a strange, feathery model of the solar system. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He sends the solar system, in the form of a plastic mobile, and stars you can stick on the ceiling that light up at night. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z That is nearly half as old as we believe our solar system to be. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Our entire solar system is an insignificantly small part of the universe, a grain of sand in an endless desert. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z There is something very massive, very dense, and very small ticking and purring inside M87—from a region smaller than the solar system. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Each star is the center of its own solar system, planets encircling it, and moons encircling each planet. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z But there was something about the largest object in the solar system vanishing that tended to disrupt normal schedules. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z The door slides shut seconds later, leaving me in the room with only the glow of Earth’s spinning solar system in a cold mist. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z Far from marking the outer edge of the solar system, as those schoolroom maps so cavalierly imply, Pluto is barely one-fifty-thousandth of the way. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z I tried to imagine standing on that cold, distant planet, breathing hydrogen and helium, viewing Earth from the other side of the solar system. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z All over the inchoate solar system, the same was happening. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Some scientists toyed with the idea that the spiral nebulae were not distant island universes but rather nearby condensing clouds of interstellar gas, perhaps on their way to make solar systems. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Relative to the planet, it was the biggest moon in the solar system. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z Now, on the surface of Jupiter, which is the largest planet in our solar system, I would weigh 436 pounds. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A solar system of hot-air balloons hung over the Malverns, over the perfect afternoon. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z “But my very educated mother just showed us nine planets! That’s how Mommy said people remember the planets in our solar system.” Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The basic unit of measure in the solar system is the Astronomical Unit, or AU, representing the distance from the Sun to the Earth. A Short History of Nearly Everything 2003-05-06T00:00:00Z The periodic passage of the solar system through spiral arms may conceivably have had important consequences for us. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z There are a couple of such locations in our solar system. Flying to the Moon: An Astronaut's Story 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z A: For me, the Jamie-Dorothea relationship is the sun of this solar system. Mike Mills’s ‘20th Century Women’ is ‘very long thank-you note’ to his late mother 2017-01-06T05:00:00Z Trading in the White House for a luxury liner that sails the solar system already changes the nature of what the political-minded writer and executive producer aims to explore. "Veep" creator on trading the Oval Office for lawless space in HBO's wacky comedy "Avenue 5" 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z But when Earth’s solar system is ripped from space and time, Joss gets a promotion: He is charged with bringing back the solar system. Summer Book Club: 'Out of This World' It was "a fascinating book," the songwriter recalled, about the ways in which our solar system structures itself as a "trippy" lotus shape. Paul McCartney's spectacular return to form: New solo album "McCartney III" sizzles and soars 2020-11-14T05:00:00Z Take a short hop over to our nearest neighbour in the solar system and you might meet Ash's Girl From Mars. Readers recommend: songs about aliens – results 2013-05-09T13:00:02Z Then team up with two friends and venture out to planets across our solar system trying to stop alien threats. Year’s top video games satisfy fans of sports, ‘Star Wars’ and even cooking 2016-11-13T05:00:00Z In the solar system of American politics, the man in the White House increasingly became the sun around which everything seemed to orbit. Goodbye, age of great expectations: We know how America got here, but where does it go now? 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z So yeah, songs like "Biutyful" have a welcome place in our musical solar system. Coldplay has lost its way 2021-10-22T04:00:00Z Why on earth — or the rest of the solar system — is a book called "Space Raptor Butt Invasion" by Chuck Tingle up for a Hugo award? How did 'Space Raptor Butt Invasion' by Chuck Tingle become a Hugo finalist? 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z Its new designation was recognized by the International Astronomical Union’s Minor Planet Center at the Smithsonian Astrophysical Observatory in Cambridge, Mass., which studies and names minor planets, asteroids, comets and moons in the solar system. Freddie Mercury Now Races Around the Sun 2016-09-06T04:00:00Z The first four bars are a sort of solar system, all those notes hanging in space but they are somehow related...It's dark and light and death and life. Wispelwey: Loneliness of the long-distance cellist 2013-01-31T11:21:34Z Pitt plays astronaut Roy McBride, who travels to the outer edges of the solar system to find his missing father, confronting a mystery along the way that threatens humanity’s existence back on Earth. Who calls the tunes in space, Brad Pitt asks NASA astronaut 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z "There are lakes and seas that make Titan the only other place, other than the Earth, in the solar system with large, stable bodies of liquid on its surface," says Zarnecki. Welcome to a new Eden ? two billion miles from Earth 2010-05-08T23:06:00Z Lindsay, a high school freshman in Marin County, Calif., was learning about the solar system and selected two planetarium shows. For an offbeat museum experience, have a slumber party with penguins in San Francisco 2016-01-26T05:00:00Z In fact the Earth is getting bigger, as it sweeps up dust and meteors from the solar system, but in the laying down geological strata, its contribution is negligible. Notes & Queries: Is the Earth getting bigger? 2012-05-30T16:00:01Z It's about the outer reaches of the solar system, mathematics, tectonic plates, lightning, evolution, going deep inside crystals, and deeper still inside Björk's head. The Mill; When Björk Met Attenborough – TV review 2013-07-29T06:00:10Z For those who like to plan ahead, this episode imagines what is likely to happen when our solar system dies, and our descendants need to begin anew on a planet far from Earth. What’s on TV Tuesday 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z Is it because we are experiencing a failing, slow-motion invasion by a hapless species from another solar system? There’s a ton of crap in the sky we haven’t shot down (yet) 2023-02-17T05:00:00Z C-3PO from “Star Wars” and a T-800 from “The Terminator” will be featured alongside displays about artificial intelligence, robots and the search for life in the solar system. Buoyed by Renwick’s reopening, area museums prepare for fall 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z In other words, even at the edge of the solar system, where temperatures are more than -200C, sunlight can still drive distinctive weather systems. Neptune's first orbit: a turning point in astronomy 2011-07-09T23:06:13Z “A thousand years from now, July 20, 1969 will likely be a date that will live on in the minds and imaginations of men and women, here on Earth, across our solar system, and beyond.” Neil Armstrong's Apollo 11 spacesuit unveiled at Smithsonian 2019-07-16T04:00:00Z Photograph: Douglas Kirkland/Corbis Stumbling out from beneath the 45-tonne bronze cone of London's planetarium, unsteady from a virtual voyage through the solar system and beyond, you can picture the earth turning beneath your feet. Darkness in literature: 'Nightfall' by Isaac Asimov 2012-12-19T10:52:27Z Sometimes their paths get so distorted that they enter the inner solar system. What really wiped out the dinosaurs: “It’s only when you have large aggregations of dark matter that it can have this enormous effect” 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z The impending peril forces the world’s engineers to devise a plan to move the planet to a new solar system using giant thrusters. China’s Film Industry Finally Joins the Space Race 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Pierson was so happy with the results that he built a much larger 260-kilowatt solar system on his second farm, where he grows forage for the cows on about 700 acres. On-farm solar grows as farmers see economic rewards — and risks 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z SAT Astronomer examines the worlds outside our solar system, 8 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-05-12T04:00:00Z But when exploration revealed nothing but a barren solar system and infinite vacuum, space fell somewhat out of fashion, even within SF. A brave new world: science fiction predictions for 2013 2013-01-03T12:11:44Z It’s a face that will, on Opportunity’s 5000th Mars day, be featured as the subject of the solar system’s first interplanetary selfie. Stream These Three Great Documentaries 2023-02-28T05:00:00Z Derschang herself has a pied-à-terre in New York City, and a solar system of restaurants, the most recent, Tallulah’s, named for her grown daughter. 20 years after Kurt Cobain died, what changed and what didn’t 2014-04-05T05:04:52Z Comets return, sometimes unexpectedly, on their unknown parabolas around the solar system. British Art Show 7: have I got spews for you 2010-10-25T20:30:00Z Dee was a mystic who attempted to talk to angels, but he also believed that numbers formed the basis of all phenomena and designed geometric algorithms to fathom the solar system. The fantastic Dr Dee: angels, magic and the birth of modern science 2012-06-25T16:52:34Z The new season begins with an exploration of Planet 9, a mysterious ninth planet at the edge of the solar system, thought to be 10 times the mass of Earth. What’s on TV Tuesday: Lin-Manuel Miranda in ‘Drunk History,’ and Dolly Parton on ‘The Voice’ 2016-11-29T05:00:00Z Facing conflict on multiple fronts has left the entire solar system vulnerable to the whims of yet-to-be revealed players bent on turning entire planets against each other. “The Expanse”: Syfy’s futuristic drama returns and looks more probable than ever 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z Yes, and there's a page which recreates the solar system using the components of a fried breakfast. Why we're watching… Seb Emina 2013-02-10T08:00:02Z It is a vast, abstract work that explores the solar system through soundscape, song, science and myth. Sufjan Stevens, Bryce Dessner and Nico Muhly on making space music for a hard time on Earth 2017-06-03T04:00:00Z Then Andi goes to meet Josh’s family, which is just the solar system that revolves around the sun, a.k.a. his brother Aaron. RECAP: The Bachelorette Watch: Hometown Dating 2014-07-08T04:00:00Z Through Boyle, Plaintiff Pluto acknowledges its status as "the embarrassing weird uncle of the solar system." 'The Case for Pluto': a plea for respect for the 'weird uncle' of the solar system 2010-03-23T21:12:00Z So we make our zigzagging ways, picking out our favorite planets and solar systems, accepting a baseline of tedious, standardized dead space that makes the brighter constellations seem disproportionately fresh and surprising. ‘Avengers: Infinity War’: It’s Marvel’s Universe. We Just Live in It. 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z SAT Astronomer Dave Fong explores the outer reaches of the solar system; if the sky is clear, astronomers provide telescopes, 7 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2014-01-08T16:44:16Z Despite its title, “A Shared Universe: The Art of Comic Books” displays art from at least two different solar systems. Galleries: ‘The Art of Comic Books,’ ‘Wait,’ ‘Vivid’ Agnès Jaoui’s comedies about high-strung French writers, filmmakers and performers and the solar systems of ambition and competitive good taste that form around them inspire the “W” word from critics. Week Ahead: May 30 ? June 5 2010-05-28T15:11:00Z Going back and having to explain things, even the basics of the solar system, kindled up a new imagination for me. Matthew McConaughey, Anne Hathaway and Jessica Chastain on ‘Interstellar’ 2014-10-22T04:00:00Z In 2017, a telescope in Hawaii noticed a strange object careering through the solar system. Prepare Yourself for Little Green Men 2021-06-24T04:00:00Z If another similar mission was being launched today, what music, sounds and scenes would you like to be sent through the solar system, and why? Voyager space mission: what would be on your interstellar playlist? 2012-10-08T12:30:01Z It is a little solar system onstage, a theater of the cosmos. Review: A 92-Year-Old’s ‘Endgame’ Opera Is Patiently Perfect 2018-11-16T05:00:00Z An average residential solar system is five kilowatts — 20 panels — in size. Considering getting solar panels? Here are the right questions to ask. 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z If the eclipse got you to think differently about our solar system, “Staring at the Sun” is right up your alley. Where dread and beauty collide: 'Staring at the Sun' at Big Pictures 2017-09-11T04:00:00Z It hits on evolution, particle physics and solar systems, all sorts of stuff. Preview: 'Emilie' at ArtsWest shows an 18th-century female scientist's remarkable life, loves 2011-01-20T22:26:03Z You suddenly realize where you are in the solar system. ‘The holiday of a lifetime’: An oral history of the infected, rejected Zaandam cruise ship 2020-04-02T04:00:00Z FRI Centaurs are objects in the outer solar system including asteroids and comets, 8 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z He is the cheese-filled sun in a solar system that would fly apart if anything other than the highest grade cheese was at its center. Nic Cage's 4th of July classic 2019-07-04T04:00:00Z Forty years hence—sometime after “the Pacific went toxic,” in the show’s imagining of our collective destiny—five thousand earthlings board this luxury liner for an eight-week sightseeing cruise to the outer solar system. Armando Iannucci Gets Lost in Space in “Avenue 5” 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Heard in the background, Summerland’s P.A. system offers non sequitur announcements like “Earth is the only planet in our solar system not named after a god” or “Advanced Time Travel class is canceled.” ‘Legion’ Season 1, Episode 2: Memory Loss 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z “This gives promise of some day providing a means for even more exciting and ambitious exploration of space, perhaps beyond the moon, perhaps to the very end of the solar system itself,” he said. A new era in spaceflight: Back to the moon on the way to Mars 2018-11-02T04:00:00Z The final four issues featured the team confronting no less than the incomprehensible godlike creator of the solar system that wanted to cleanse the universe of humanity. ArtsBeat: Graphic Books Best Sellers: ‘The Authority’ Saves Humanity 2013-05-31T17:30:53Z “We called it the solar system at the farm, the big house being the sun,” someone says, referring to Mr. du Pont’s personal home. Review: ‘Team Foxcatcher’ Looks at a Millionaire’s Descent Into Murder 2016-04-27T04:00:00Z She flew across the audience in a space-themed opening performance, floating in a perspex bubble through a mock-up solar system. One Direction don't show despite big win at MTV's top European awards 2014-11-10T05:00:00Z The moon is, in effect, a chilled leftover from the formation of the early solar system. Welcome to a new Eden ? two billion miles from Earth 2010-05-08T23:06:00Z That would be Frank, the center of a strange musical solar system, played by Michael Fassbender in a performance all the more extraordinary for his being masked and muffled. ‘Frank,’ About an Offbeat Band and Its Eccentric Leader 2014-08-14T04:00:00Z The redress sought is acknowledgment that these oddballs are part of the solar system, part of "a whole new tribe of worlds." 'The Case for Pluto': a plea for respect for the 'weird uncle' of the solar system 2010-03-23T21:12:00Z Pitt portrays an astronaut who travels through the solar system to find his father. Brad Pitt asks astronaut: Who was better? Clooney or Pitt? 2019-09-16T04:00:00Z Voyager 1, launched in 1977, is now at the very limit of the solar system; currently negotiating the heliosheath depletion region – the final frontier before raw interstellar space. Forever now: What sound or video would you send into space? 2013-07-12T01:45:36Z When you open your map and zoom out from a planet, you can behold its surrounding solar system; zoom out again, and you’re scrolling past luminous stars and the mysterious worlds that orbit them. Starfield’s 1,000 Planets May Be One Giant Leap for Game Design 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z In 1889, he received the King Oscar II Prize for research into the stability of the solar system. Henri Poincaré: the unlikely link between Einstein and Picasso 2012-07-17T11:48:23Z No one would mistake the teensy Joe’s Pub stage for the vastness of the solar system. Review: ‘The Outer Space’ is the Place, for an Unsettled Couple 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z Birthing music for new planets, new solar systems. The 54 Best Songs of 2017 2017-12-06T05:00:00Z Several of his film works will show in this exhibition, including “Umwelt Belt,” a video piece in which a solar system full of technological products orbit like planets. What's On This Week Around the World 2015-04-03T04:00:00Z In an extended greeting a soprano and a tenor representing the main characters muse on the planets and moons of the solar system, accompanied by melodic fragments that rotate among 29 instruments. An Operatic Conundrum Untangled 2011-05-06T22:09:27Z “This is about our own origins — understanding the stuff that made our solar system, our planet and us,” Westphal said. NASA’s space dust may be from another solar system A previous one of these transits led – via Captain Cook and Tahiti – to the first calculation of the size of the solar system and the birth of modern astronomy. TV review: The Transit of Venus: a Horizon Special and All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry 2012-06-05T22:15:01Z And Carroll Dunham rejects the idea that he is need of a persona, or that the art world is a solar system that is obligated to revolve around artists like Koons. '33 Artists' paints behind-the-scene picture of the art world 2014-11-20T05:00:00Z Something evil lurks in the bowels of the spacecraft, and is trying to sneak into our solar system. Joe Queenan's guide to sci-fi cliches 2010-10-21T11:00:00Z Sixteen years later Mitchell became the first person to sight a new comet passing through our solar system. Maria Popova Weaves Together Stories of Human Ingenuity 2019-03-13T04:00:00Z The current age of the solar system is about half that of the our galaxy’s disk and also half of the sun’s predicted lifetime. The search for alien life: How close we really are to solving one of the universe’s great mysteries 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z They hang like a double set of diamond earrings, framing the massive, striped face of the largest planet in our solar system. Arizona’s Kitt Peak Observatory offers a perfect sight-line to the stars 2015-08-24T04:00:00Z Shows projected in the newly renovated theater explore the solar system in general, the night sky above Tucson specifically and sometimes veer off into the psychedelic arena with a Pink Floyd soundtrack. 36 Hours in Tucson 2018-09-20T04:00:00Z Venus was not much different from Earth back in the earliest days of the solar system, with vast oceans and an atmosphere potentially friendly to life. 'Cosmos' recap: Climate change is explained in 'The World Set Free' 2014-06-02T04:00:00Z “A whole new way to explore the alien terrain in our solar system is now at our disposal,” Nottingham Trent University astronomer Daniel Brown said from England. Mini helicopter makes historic flight on Mars 2021-04-19T04:00:00Z Scientists say they’ve captured the first samples of interstellar material — seven super-tiny particles of precious rock, perhaps from distant exploded stars — that drifted into our solar system. NASA’s space dust may be from another solar system In 2012, Voyager 1 became the first man-made object to exit our solar system and enter interstellar space, from which it still sends signals. Review: A True-Life Journey Into Interstellar Space in ‘The Farthest’ 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z With Mr. Samson, in white and silver, leading a path through Mr. Taylor’s solar system, the dance has an anchor. Dance Review: Aligning His Planets for Another Star Turn 2011-03-04T23:15:49Z These considerations demonstrate that it is important to first establish whether planetary systems that are older than the solar system are common in the Milky Way. The search for alien life: How close we really are to solving one of the universe’s great mysteries 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z And for all of the music’s effectiveness at evoking the mythos of the solar system, there is something charmingly British about the suite, especially “Jupiter, the Bringer of Jollity.” 2010-01-30T13:26:00Z For a pleasure ride, the Ruth Bascom trail along the river offers peace, quiet and an ingenious scale model of the solar system. The best towns and small cities in the US: Eugene, Oregon 2017-11-22T05:00:00Z The Planets: An HD Odyssey is a whirlwind tour of the solar system with images from Nasa's most recent space explorations accompanied by the Houston Symphony Orchestra. Houston Symphony Orchestra/Graf ? review 2010-10-13T21:01:00Z Which is why, Minnick said, the co-op committed to helping farms evaluate, implement, and afford solar systems several years earlier. On-farm solar grows as farmers see economic rewards — and risks 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z Learn about Saturn, the ringed wonder of the solar system, now rising in the eastern sky; telescopes available if the sky is clear, 8 p.m. Community calendar: festivals, fairs and more 2013-05-08T20:16:15Z And of Olympus Mons, the largest mountain in the solar system. Mars in fiction: the best books 2012-08-10T14:30:02Z He composes his scores with computer software, and his concerts are kaleidoscopes of rising mists, extraterrestrials, warriors, heroes, spacecraft careening through solar systems, all to thrumming cellos, heralding French horns and spiraling flutes. Video game music comes to the orchestra concert hall 2015-06-12T04:00:00Z That includes Mars and other planets and moons in our solar system. A new map shows the moon as it’s never been seen 2020-05-29T04:00:00Z In the second season of “The Planets and Beyond,” Mr. Massimino guides a tour of the planets within and outside our solar system, beginning with a look at the universe’s origins. What’s on TV Tuesday: ‘Adam Ruins Everything’ and ‘The Standups’ 2018-03-20T04:00:00Z A cynic might say that all this proves is that it takes the death of the solar system to get the English to talk openly to each other. A Thousand Stars Explode in?the Sky 2010-05-13T20:35:00Z Around this three orbit a motley, sometimes shifting group of friends, lovers and colleagues, who together form a small Brooklyn solar system that Mr. Cunningham charts with sympathy, humor and psychological precision. Books of The Times: ‘The Snow Queen,’ by Michael Cunningham 2014-04-27T21:00:17Z One fateful night, however, that solar system threatens to collapse when a handsome young man named Ryan who works at BelStars is found dead, a victim of an apparent hit-and-run. ‘You Will Know Me’: Mean girls, tiger moms, Olympic dreams — and murder 2016-07-20T04:00:00Z "Growing up in the Rocky Mountains, that's the most glorious job you can imagine. But then my mother took me to a lecture about the solar system when I was 8 and I got hooked." Kip Thorne, the scientist who slipped through a wormhole 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z Spike, Jet and Faye are "cowboys," as bounty hunters are known in 2071, when humanity has wrung Earth dry of its sustainability and colonized the solar system's nearby planets. "Cowboy Bebop" is an off-key adaptation that captures the jazzy color but not soul of the original 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Because not that long ago, the Transit of Venus was the key to unlocking the distance between Earth and the sun - and by extension, the size of our solar system. `Chasing Venus' is thrilling adventure story 2012-04-30T15:55:44Z A reflective sail is hoisted and the pressure from sunlight is harnessed to propel a small craft around the solar system, as wind moves a sailboat. Suspicious Minds 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z But there’s a solar system of others meant to distract us from the true killer and, honestly, they’re just kind of distracting. Y.A. Thrillers That Put Teenagers to the Test 2019-02-22T05:00:00Z “Gene,” an observer notes, “was a rogue planet in Roger’s solar system.” ‘Life Itself,’ Reminiscences of Roger Ebert 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z But the “moon preserves the history of the solar system, how the solar system was formed, and how the earth was formed.” How to Get Your Kid into the Other Sort of Star Gazing 2016-08-02T04:00:00Z Soap bubbles might even be key to understanding how entities as large as the solar system function. TV highlights 09/04/2013 2013-04-09T06:00:01Z It’s meant to come last in a game where opponents race to colonize the solar system. Trial and error: Seattle’s board game designers and players work out bugs together with playtests 2020-01-09T05:00:00Z Since comets are made of space’s most primitive materials, scientists hope that the probe will collect valuable information that could help explain the origins of our solar system. Here are 5 Things to be Thankful For This Dismal November 2014-11-26T05:00:00Z Goddard now employs about 10,000 people, making it one of the largest organizations of scientists and engineers in the world that use space observation to study Earth, the solar system and the universe. U-Md.-Goddard programs offer students out-of-this-world opportunities The academy, Mr. Yu said, is just one of many pieces that China needs to complete its classical music solar system. New York Philharmonic and Shanghai Symphony Become Partners 2012-11-14T03:00:00Z Moore ended his lecture on the outer planets of the solar system by warning that in ten years, everything known about them would be different. Sir Patrick Moore: the eccentric amateur who became a TV star 2012-12-09T20:31:32Z In “2312,” humanity has spread throughout the solar system with the help of a new kind of economy—a “mondragon,” or vast, coöperative corporation, centrally planned by quantum computers. Kim Stanley Robinson’s Latest Novel Imagines Life in an Underwater New York 2017-04-27T04:00:00Z It's an abundantly organized and illustrated guide to all the moons, planets and stars that comprise our solar system. 22 gift books for ardent readers 2011-12-01T20:30:48Z The paintings also feature Belmar’s usual circles and dashed lines, which suggest charts, diagrams and stylized renderings of stars and solar systems. Review | In the galleries: Honfleur show celebrates the wonders of three dimensions 2018-07-12T04:00:00Z “If Groucho never existed, we would sense a lack in the world of comedy, like the planet in the solar system that astronomers say ought to be there.” What’s on TV This Week: Kennedy Center Honors and New Year’s Eve 2022-12-26T05:00:00Z When the pilot awakens, he picks right up where he left off — plotting to blast off from this barren planet, carrying his payload right into the heart of our solar system. Prometheus Decoded: Connecting Ridley Scott’s Dots (in Three Minutes or Less) 2012-06-11T12:45:25Z That image was taken as Voyager was moving past Neptune, a reminder of just how small we are compared just with our solar system, never mind the Milky Way or the universe as a whole. 'Cosmos' recap: From Alexandria to dark matter 2014-06-09T04:00:00Z It's a strong collection; the best stories veer towards fantasy rather than, as might be expected in an anthology about the solar system, the science fictional. Science fiction roundup – reviews 2013-07-18T09:00:00Z “The solar system is already spectacular enough,” Mr. Benson writes, “without pumping artificial colors into it.” Exhibition Review: ?Beyond,? the Solar System at Air and Space Museum 2010-07-28T22:01:00Z The relatively near-future setting explains the solar system's helter-skelter collage of futuristic and vintage styles tangled with wires, chips and detritus. "Cowboy Bebop" is an off-key adaptation that captures the jazzy color but not soul of the original 2021-11-20T05:00:00Z Set to be deployed in October 2018, the telescope will offer an unprecedented look at the origins of the universe and planets outside our solar system. TV listings: Weekend of Feb. 20-21 2016-02-19T05:00:00Z Astronomers last week announced official names for the principal mountains and valleys of one of the solar system’s remotest objects, the tiny world of Charon. Kubrick’s 2001: the film that haunts our dreams of space 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z But when we were on the ground with these real scientists, they were interested in knowledge and further scientific understanding of our solar system. Could you stay sane on Mars? Real-life mission simulator put six people to the test in "Red Heaven" 2020-11-10T05:00:00Z Set in another solar system, “Project Hail Mary” opens as the narrator, Ryland Grace, wakes up in what looks like a hospital room, with the remains of his two crewmates. Andy Weir’s New Space Odyssey 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z We’re well aware that in our solar system, Earth is unique in its ability to support life. 7 mind-blowing scientific mysteries: Black holes, UFOs and the origins of everything 2014-08-31T04:00:00Z Among the programs is the Intergalactic Travel Bureau, Saturday from noon to 5 p.m., an interactive science theater that can help young visitors concoct a holiday somewhere in the solar system. Spare Times for Children Listings for July 15-21 2016-07-14T04:00:00Z The wedding date coincided with a so-called planet parade, a rare occurrence when all planets in the solar system line up on one side of the sun at the same time. The Solar System Winked 2020-08-21T04:00:00Z “Barely cooked squid with purple potato and dulse powder,” he announces, placing a plate down on the counter that looks like a solar system. The brave new world of high-end beer – and how to pair it with food 2015-08-22T04:00:00Z I drag myself away beyond the solar system to the very edge of the universe, to gaze on tiny shining cigar-shaped galaxies photographed by the Hubble space telescope at the very limit of human knowledge. Visions of the Universe exhibition reveals full wonder of space images 2013-06-11T13:29:42Z It may be a craft that vanished on a long-forgotten mission, or a vessel from another solar system or galaxy, or another century. Joe Queenan's guide to sci-fi cliches 2010-10-21T11:00:00Z In one panel, the body of a partially nude woman, seated on the carpeted floor of a living room, is overlaid with a cutting from an 1810 woodblock print of a solar system. The Many Layers of Lorna Simpson 2021-09-30T04:00:00Z The rest of the solar system would soon be conquered, it seemed. Kubrick’s 2001: the film that haunts our dreams of space 2018-04-15T04:00:00Z The third brightest object in the night sky is not a far-off planet or a solar system but a building about the size of a football field. The 25 Most Significant Works of Postwar Architecture 2021-08-02T04:00:00Z By which time he'll probably be approaching retirement, wherever he is in the solar system. TV review: The Transit of Venus: a Horizon Special and All in the Best Possible Taste with Grayson Perry 2012-06-05T22:15:01Z SAT Learn about Jupiter, its more than 60 moons, and its influence on the solar system, 7 p.m. Community calendar 2012-11-07T21:54:04Z At 6 p.m., a virtual flight to Venus and Mars will explore the solar system’s “Goldilocks zone” and what those planets teach us about climate change. Earth Day’s Gone Digital. Here’s Where to Find It. 2020-04-21T04:00:00Z The game has you explore a tight-knit solar system via a rickety Apollo Lander, which lands on planets with a slick kiss or a dusty thud, depending on your skill as a pilot. The Best Video Games of 2019 2019-12-17T05:00:00Z It is set in the cluttered, but recognisable future of 2071 where humanity has fled from a shattered Earth and dispersed across the local solar system. Cowboy Bebop remake: please Netflix, keep the anime classic wild and raw 2018-11-30T05:00:00Z Social injustice isn’t the usual battleground for comic books, which tend to be most comfortable with masked vigilantes squaring off against supervillains or saving the solar system from galactic menaces. 'Absolute Transmetropolitan' and 'Melody': A Squalid City and a Stripper Memoir 2015-07-01T04:00:00Z At about five billion years ago our planet would disappear, for this is when it probably formed, from the debris of our solar system. Listen up, Marco Rubio!: Science lessons for the tea party 2012-11-25T19:00:00Z Lundeberg transforms an ordinary small room into a virtual solar system. 'Helen Lundeberg: A Retrospective' downplays the painter's key early works 2016-04-07T04:00:00Z Eventually, he has argued, “we could have a trillion humans in the solar system and it still wouldn’t be crowded” — a vision that would include, he suggested, “a thousand Einsteins and a thousand Mozarts.” Bezos Reaches for a Star 2021-10-07T04:00:00Z I like to think of the whole thing, the whole solar system, everything that is, as this undulating, infinite fountain. What comedian Pete Holmes knows about the self and love, and self love 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z There’s also Bruno’s contemporary, Galileo Galilei, the astronomer who discovered the moons of Jupiter and argued for the heliocentric solar system. Cosmic terror: Why Neil deGrasse Tyson has religious fundamentalists so freaked 2014-03-27T11:50:00Z Famously a "once proud race," the first rulers of our solar system, they were left in frozen slumber before awoken in our future during 1976 story The Ice Warriors. Doctor Who: Cold War – series 33, episode 8 2013-04-13T17:45:01Z Photograph: BBC So he's already explained the wonders of the solar system, and of the universe. The Wonders of Life 2013-01-28T06:59:01Z In the not so distant future, the solar system is divided into three opposed camps: Earth, Mars, and the Belters. Why can't sci-fi and fantasy imagine alternatives to capitalism or feudalism? 2022-02-19T05:00:00Z Or going on a journey through the solar system. Digested read: My iPad 2 by Gary Rosenzweig 2011-07-25T19:59:02Z This set includes a voyage back in time to investigate the violent events that shaped this solar system, including Earth. Guide to TV DVD sets as holiday gifts 2012-11-20T17:59:09Z It helps to remind myself what an insignificant speck of dust our entire solar system is, let alone me. 'I watch old westerns while the spuds are in the oven': creative people on how they relax 2018-12-27T05:00:00Z They looked like so many planets orbiting through a solar system. Things they lost in a tsunami 2013-03-10T21:00:00Z Always artfully scored and produced — especially in mini-series about human senses and the solar system — “Unexplainable” never feels like homework. Best Podcasts of 2022 2022-12-08T05:00:00Z And, of course, it leaves the door open because there are things going on in Laconia that are going to change the order in the solar system. The Expanse producers “would love” to continue the show 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z So the comet would be already going through the solar system, but it’s this dark-matter disc that would send it our way … What really wiped out the dinosaurs: “It’s only when you have large aggregations of dark matter that it can have this enormous effect” 2015-12-05T05:00:00Z The very center of the coil houses a “solar system” containing a few dozen spheres, each holding notable watches of all kinds. An Art-Filled Swiss Idyll in Lausanne and the Joux Valley 2023-07-10T04:00:00Z And the study of planets in our solar system provides compelling support for this idea. Is there life on moons? 2013-01-13T00:05:45Z It is 1 billion miles beyond Pluto and an astounding 4 billion miles from Earth, at the edge of the solar system. NASA’s New Horizons to beam back images of the farthest world humans have ever explored 2018-12-28T05:00:00Z You may not buy Loeb’s argument that the cigar-shaped object that streaked through our solar system in 2017 was alien technology. 11 New Books We Recommend This Week 2021-02-11T05:00:00Z The finding, which was condemned by the Catholic Church, helped prove the theory of a sun-centered solar system. A Watermark, and ‘Spidey Sense,’ Unmask a Forged Galileo Treasure 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Picture an armada without a flagship, a solar system without a sun, and that is what high-end Spanish cuisine will look like in the absence of El Bulli. After El Bulli, Spain Looks Forward 2011-06-15T03:00:12Z “We are facing an unknown enemy who is staging an attack over the gulf of a hundred-thousand years and across our solar system and likely the cosmos. This is war.” Review | Michael Crichton’s classic thriller ‘The Andromeda Strain’ gets a deadly sequel 2019-11-11T05:00:00Z The North Carolina Museum of Art might as well be a solar system away from the international art fairs, auction halls and bicoastal behemoths that suck up so much of the art world’s oxygen. The final days of a semi-secret museum rebel 2018-10-03T04:00:00Z The pictures include packed bookshelves, the solar system, geological specimens, Cambodia’s killing fields and a scattering of letters, which looks like alphabet soup. Pulling back for the big picture of media overload 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Arthur Vogel, the solar system’s wealthiest man, has no intention of going gentle into that good night. Review | Does living forever sound ideal? These 5 new books will change your mind. 2018-01-23T05:00:00Z The spaceman becomes the most far-flung analysand in the solar system. Meet an Intergalactic Spider in ‘Spaceman of Bohemia’ 2017-03-08T05:00:00Z You need about 100 square feet of area per kilowatt of solar system. Considering getting solar panels? Here are the right questions to ask. 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z Cult sci-fi series that was supposed to tour the solar system but got cancelled after Mercury. This week's new DVD & Blu-ray 2013-02-23T06:00:16Z I met somebody yesterday who’s a planet hunter, looking for planets in the vicinity of our solar system. Q&A: Simon Pegg on Star Trek Into Darkness, Life on Other Planets and Ugly Shirts of the Future 2013-05-17T13:00:03Z Former winner Kim Stanley Robinson is chosen for his novel 2312, which takes place in a future where humanity is scattered through the solar system, living on moons and planets and within asteroids. British Science Fiction awards finalists revealed 2013-01-18T12:09:39Z Where it ends is essentially in a new political order for the solar system that resolves the situation that we started with in the very, very beginning. The Expanse producers “would love” to continue the show 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z Or she might be planning a new study of planets outside of our solar system. Tired of life on Earth? Maybe you can be one of the first humans to go to Mars. 2016-04-05T04:00:00Z Arthur C Clarke's Rendezvous With Rama is the most awarded science- novel ever, and tells the story of an unidentified spaceship that crosses the solar system and leaves behind more questions than answers. Can Agatha Christie be political? 2013-05-27T15:14:54Z Or what if our solar system slams at high speeds into a dense molecular cloud, sending a million comets falling our way? How will the world end? 2012-06-17T19:00:00Z Last July, NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft flew by Pluto, the last unvisited world of the classical solar system. The wonders of Pluto revealed: NASA’s latest findings are a sight to behold 2016-03-20T04:00:00Z My manic grin spread from one end of the solar system to the other. I was a troll on the white dude-bro Internet: The dark side of gaming, libertarianism, and guns 2015-07-02T04:00:00Z At the edge of our solar system, there’s a tiny, icy world with a diameter — or length across at its widest point — only 18.5 percent as large as Earth’s. Ever wondered why Pluto is no longer a planet? 2021-08-23T04:00:00Z They include a cricket cage, a cobbler’s bench and a model of the solar system. Art Review: Getting Small: A Man?s World, in Miniature 2010-12-02T22:49:00Z “He had zero interest in space tourism. His interest was always more around deeper exploration of the solar system.” Billionaires in space: The launch of a dream or just out-of-this-world ego? 2021-07-18T04:00:00Z Sherlock is as unimpressed as he is genuinely baffled that anyone would need to know the basics of the solar system. Sherlock finale 2010-08-08T21:30:00Z For example, the state of Maryland will pay residents $1,000 for installing a solar system. Considering getting solar panels? Here are the right questions to ask. 2018-03-09T05:00:00Z “High Life” is about a space ship, flying far outside the solar system, populated by a group of convicts plucked from death row. For Denis and Pattinson, a cosmic connection in ‘High Life’ 2019-04-10T04:00:00Z A recently discovered comet flew past Earth over the weekend and is now headed back into the solar system. Christmas comet burns brighter as it flies past Earth 2021-12-21T05:00:00Z The museum’s first space show in six years takes viewers on a tour of our solar system from the comfort of their seats in the Hayden Planetarium. Things to Do in N.Y.C. This January 2020-01-02T05:00:00Z Yet they also work as celestial signifiers, made of stone quarried from this planet but standing for others, maybe from this solar system, maybe from one millions of light-years away. Celestial Visions on the Met Roof 2019-04-18T04:00:00Z Tyson's scientific message is that "counting planets" doesn't really matter; the solar system may be studied through a variety of different taxonomic lenses. Et cetera: Steven Poole's non-fiction choice | Book reviews 2010-04-02T23:06:00Z “Back to School,” a family program this weekend, offers educational journeys, taking visitors from the Continental Congress to the outer reaches of the solar system. Spare Times for Children for Aug. 29-Sept. 4 2014-08-28T04:00:00Z It's cosmic: Artist's impression of how planets beyond our solar system might look. Steve Cole's top 10 space books 2011-08-10T14:45:06Z Name yourself after the biggest planet in the solar system, and you’d better be ready with some pretty celestial playing. Review | Jupiter String Quartet delivers on its name with an out-of-this-world performance 2017-03-27T04:00:00Z This characteristic renders WASP-107b rather ‘fluffy’ when compared to the gas giant planets within our solar system. James Webb Space Telescope detects water vapor, sulfur dioxide and sand clouds in the atmosphere of a nearby exoplanet 2023-11-15T05:00:00Z "Now we actually have evidence that these zones can interact with each other. It's also something that is proposed to have happened in our solar system." New findings support long-proposed process of planet formation 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z The spacecraft will become the first mission to visit these early solar system relics, and if all goes according to plan, Lucy will visit eight different Trojan asteroids between 2027 and 2033. ‘Dinky’ Asteroid Is Three Space Rocks, Not Two, NASA Flyby Finds 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Maybe we can convince them to go out into the solar system to mine the outer planets and harvest the sun’s energy. Our Evolutionary Past Can Teach Us about AI’s Future 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z Asteroids interest astronomers for a variety for reasons, not least of which is they can teach us much about how our solar system and its planets formed. NASA asteroid mission unveils a surprise moon orbiting Dinkinesh 2023-11-07T05:00:00Z These flybys are extremely fast, and the team wanted to make sure Lucy’s probe could latch onto and study a space rock even while whipping through the solar system. NASA Asteroid Mission Discovers Tiny Surprise Moon with ‘Really Bizarre’ Shape 2023-11-03T04:00:00Z Theories have long proposed that icy pebbles forming in the cold, outer regions of protoplanetary disks -- the same area where comets originate in our solar system -- should be the fundamental seeds of planet formation. New findings support long-proposed process of planet formation 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Contact binary systems seem to be fairly common throughout our solar system, but scientists hadn't seen one orbiting another asteroid prior to Dinkinesh, Lucy's deputy project scientist John Spencer said in the statement. ‘Dinky’ Asteroid Is Three Space Rocks, Not Two, NASA Flyby Finds 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z When massive stars or other stellar objects explode in the Earth's cosmic neighborhood, ejected debris can also reach our solar system. Exploding stars 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Some 4.5 billion years ago, the solar system was a giant game of cosmic pinball. 4.5 billion years ago, another planet crashed into Earth. We may have found its leftovers. 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Jupiter, by far the biggest planet in our solar system, plays an important protective role. Giant planets cast a deadly pall 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z This also could have been a role of Jupiter in our solar system -- inhibiting pebbles and water delivery to our small, inner, and relatively water-poor rocky planets. New findings support long-proposed process of planet formation 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z Lucy’s main targets are the so-called Trojans, swarms of unexplored asteroids out near Jupiter that are considered to be time capsules from the dawn of the solar system. NASA’s Lucy spacecraft swoops past first of 10 asteroids on long journey to Jupiter 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z "If we consider the time period since the solar system's formation, which spans billions of years, very close cosmic explosions cannot be ruled out," Wallner emphasizes. Exploding stars 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Her research over the past several years has focused on how layers evolve within the solar system’s rocky planets. 4.5 billion years ago, another planet crashed into Earth. We may have found its leftovers. 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z This makes it a good model for comparison with our solar system where Jupiter and Saturn are also relatively far from the sun. Giant planets cast a deadly pall 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z Gaining a greater understanding of the hypothesized giant impact may provide insight concerning the evolution of Earth and other rocky planets in our solar system and beyond. Relics of huge primordial collision reside in Earth's deep interior 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z All told, scientists know of more than 12,000 of these objects in Jupiter’s orbit, and they think this eclectic group of primitive space rocks could help decode the solar system’s early history. NASA’s Lucy Asteroid Mission Zips Past a ‘Dinky’ Space Rock 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z One of the closest candidates of this size is the red supergiant Betelgeuse in the constellation of Orion, located at a safe distance of about 150 parsecs from our solar system. Exploding stars 2023-11-02T04:00:00Z Astronomers will be studying Comet 12/P Pons-Brooks' horns more closely when it swings past Earth before its slung back into the solar system. A mysterious "devil comet" that looks like the Millennium Falcon will pass by Earth next spring 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z "Our work gives us more reasons to be very grateful for the particular planetary configuration we have in our solar system," Kane said. Giant planets cast a deadly pall 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z This has repercussions that can be felt across the solar system. Here’s How to Bring Mars Down to Earth: Let NASA Do What NASA Does Best 2023-10-30T04:00:00Z Lucy is moving so quickly that the mission’s primary science observations total just 24 hours spread across the spacecraft’s 12-year trek around the solar system, Levison says. NASA’s Lucy Asteroid Mission Zips Past a ‘Dinky’ Space Rock 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z The discovery could shed light on the mysteries behind the magnetic fields of the planets of our solar system, and even on whether distant worlds might support life. Uranus aurora discovery offers clues to habitable icy worlds 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The finding sets up tantalizing scenarios regarding the possibility of early life on Venus, its evolutionary past and the history of the solar system. Venus had Earth-like plate tectonics billions of years ago, study suggests 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z Further afield, one leading theory to account for certain quirks of our solar system’s architecture posits that early shifts in the orbits of Jupiter and Saturn sparked brutal cascades of collisions between nascent protoplanets. Astronomers May Have Witnessed Worlds in Collision 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z A theory developed to replace dark matter may mean bad news for Planet Nine, a hypothetical as-yet-unseen world in the outer solar system. ‘Modified’ Gravity May Make Planet Nine Disappear 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z But planetary scientists—who never turn down an opportunity to see something new in the solar system—are excited for their glimpse of the little space rock. NASA’s Lucy Asteroid Mission Zips Past a ‘Dinky’ Space Rock 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z Not only does this help us better understand the magnetic fields of the outer planets of our own solar system, but it may also help in identifying other planets that are suitable of supporting life. Uranus aurora discovery offers clues to habitable icy worlds 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z The new crew of the station will also need to conduct maintenance on its solar panels that have been hit by debris flying within the solar system, the official Xinhua News Agency reported. China announces plan for a new space telescope as it readies to launch its next space station crew 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z “We thought the planetary arrangement of the solar system was universal until we discovered the first few exoplanets that were so different from ours. We will learn even more from oddballs like ASASSN-21qj.” Astronomers May Have Witnessed Worlds in Collision 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z Outer solar system modeler David Nesvorny of the Southwest Research Institute says that “it’s not very convincing that there is a strong alignment,” though he doesn’t dismiss it completely. ‘Modified’ Gravity May Make Planet Nine Disappear 2023-10-25T04:00:00Z And specific science questions aside, asteroid experts are just excited to see another of the solar system’s space rocks snap into focus. NASA’s Lucy Asteroid Mission Zips Past a ‘Dinky’ Space Rock 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z The ice giants Uranus and Neptune are unusual planets in our solar system as their magnetic fields are misaligned with the axes in which they spin. Uranus aurora discovery offers clues to habitable icy worlds 2023-10-26T04:00:00Z With numerical simulations that accurately account for the gravitational forces of all the solar system's planets, Malhotra's group found that some lucky lunar fragments could actually find their way to such orbits. Researchers probe how a piece of the moon became a near-Earth asteroid 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z “Our solar system has been around for a while, but a lot of really dynamic processes happened in those first million years.” The moon is even older than we thought 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z More than 4 billion years ago, when the solar system was still young and the Earth was still growing, a giant Mars-sized object crashed into the Earth. The Moon is 40 million years older than previously thought 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Such a direct comparison is particularly valuable because scientists believe that near-Earth asteroids hail from the main belt, having been kicked deeper into the solar system by past gravitational perturbations. NASA’s Lucy Asteroid Mission Zips Past a ‘Dinky’ Space Rock 2023-11-01T04:00:00Z The leading hypothesis for lunar formation is that during the solar system's chaotic early history a Mars-sized object called Theia slammed into primordial Earth. Rock collected by Apollo 17 astronaut in 1972 reveals moon's age 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z “If you think of the solar system as a big construction yard, these asteroids are like rubble that's left over after construction is finished,” Juric told Salon in a phone interview. “Like Google for the sky”: Vera Rubin Observatory will map the universe with more detail than ever 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z When the solar system was young, the infant Earth was moonless, a solitary planet looping around the primordial sun. The moon is even older than we thought 2023-10-23T04:00:00Z Silicates are exceptionally common — all the rocky bodies in the solar system are made from them, and silicates have previously been detected in the atmospheres of hot Jupiter exoplanets before. JWST Detects Quartz Crystals in an Exoplanet’s Atmosphere 2023-10-20T04:00:00Z I am an astronomer who studies stars and planets – including those outside our solar system – and their motion in space. Why Is the Sky Dark Even Though the Universe Is Full of Stars? 2023-10-19T04:00:00Z “Europa is key to understanding not just the habitability of our own solar system, but potentially expanding the definition of the habitable zone.” How NASA's Europa Clipper will survive its trip to Jupiter's hostile moon 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z Asteroids detected by the observatory can provide clues into how the planets in our solar system formed and changed over time, he explained. “Like Google for the sky”: Vera Rubin Observatory will map the universe with more detail than ever 2023-10-22T04:00:00Z “But there’s one way in our solar system that we can look at a metal core and that is by going to this asteroid.” NASA spacecraft launched to mysterious and rare metal asteroid in first mission of its kind 2023-10-13T04:00:00Z In fact, our planet is something of a geological oddball given what we know about our solar system neighbors. Earth is a geological oddball in our solar system. This is why. 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z The samples from Bennu could reveal answers to questions about how the solar system formed that scientists have been pursuing for decades. Signs of life detected in NASA’s Bennu asteroid sample that returned to Earth 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z If life exists elsewhere in the solar system, it may well reside in the ocean of Jupiter’s icy moon Europa. How NASA's Europa Clipper will survive its trip to Jupiter's hostile moon 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z "For 100 trillionths of a second, we produced ten petawatts of power. It was the brightest thing in the solar system," he wrote. Warning AI industry could use as much energy as the Netherlands 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z With OSIRIS-REx, “the objective is to bring back an ancient piece of the early solar system that is pristine,” said astrobiologist Jason Dworkin, the mission’s project scientist at NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland. Welcome to NASA's hot asteroid autumn 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Scientists discuss the ordinary rocks found on Earth’s surface that are special, rare, or nonexistent elsewhere in the solar system—based on our current knowledge. Earth is a geological oddball in our solar system. This is why. 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z And at least 20 of them are each about 13 times heavier than Jupiter, the largest and most massive planet in our solar system. The Sky Is Full of Stars—and Exoplanets, Too 2023-10-06T04:00:00Z But there’s one major obstacle: Jupiter is home to the harshest known radiation belts in the solar system. How NASA's Europa Clipper will survive its trip to Jupiter's hostile moon 2023-10-18T04:00:00Z But they became interested in MOND's more local effects after astronomers announced in 2016 that a handful of objects in the outer solar system showed orbital anomalies that could be explained by a ninth planet. Plot thickens in hunt for ninth planet 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z “You can use these leftovers of the formation of the solar system to construct what happened in that formation.” Welcome to NASA's hot asteroid autumn 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Our blue planet’s abundant water makes it unique in our solar system. Earth is a geological oddball in our solar system. This is why. 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z If their beam sweeps across our solar system, we see flashes of radiation at regular time intervals. Scientists discover the highest energy gamma-rays ever from a pulsar 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z This dismal fate is expected to befall our sun in some five billion years, setting what has been considered the last-gasp expiration date for life on Earth and perhaps throughout the solar system. Can Lucky Planets Get a Second Chance at Life? 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Over millions of years, they argue, the orbits of some objects in the outer solar system would be dragged into alignment with the galaxy's own gravitational field. Plot thickens in hunt for ninth planet 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z “The Trojans are the last major population of things in the solar system that we have not seen,” Statler said. Welcome to NASA's hot asteroid autumn 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Mars’s warmer, wetter past makes it the second-best place in the solar system to find carbonates. Earth is a geological oddball in our solar system. This is why. 2023-10-12T04:00:00Z “Some are from this solar system … preventing Earth from being destroyed.” In the pope’s homeland, more Argentines are seeking spiritual answers beyond the church 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Even if our planet and the solar system’s other inner rocky worlds escape engulfment, the sun’s swelling will probably still spell their end because of the scorching temperatures they will experience. Can Lucky Planets Get a Second Chance at Life? 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z "Regardless of the outcome," Brown said, "this work highlights the potential for the outer solar system to serve as a laboratory for testing gravity and studying fundamental problems of physics." Plot thickens in hunt for ninth planet 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z Astronomers are hopeful that the variety of data will help fill in some missing parts of the solar system’s story. Welcome to NASA's hot asteroid autumn 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Bennu is of particular interest to scientists because it is believed to have formed in the first 10 million years of the solar system's existence. NASA’s OSIRIS-REx Spacecraft Delivers Asteroid Samples To Earth 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Scientists have a new map -- the best created so far -- of the largest moon in our solar system, Ganymede, and it is both beautiful and revealing. Corn, strawberry, sturgeon? Why are we suddenly obsessed with the names of full moons? 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Such worlds might resemble the large moons of our outer solar system and harbor potentially clement conditions beneath an icy crust. Can Lucky Planets Get a Second Chance at Life? 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z I had this crazy idea that a small component might be interstellar because the solar system is moving through space. Meet the rock guitarist who helped NASA land on an asteroid 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Long famous for killing the dinosaurs and starring in apocalypse movies, asteroids are essentially construction debris from the building of the solar system. Welcome to NASA's hot asteroid autumn 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, in other solar systems, similar belts stretch outward across hundreds of AU. Puzzling objects found far beyond Neptune hint at second Kuiper belt 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Water, among other things, could be used to make fuel to power rockets further into the solar system. Corn, strawberry, sturgeon? Why are we suddenly obsessed with the names of full moons? 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z It’s possible that when we look out into the solar system and other multiplanetary systems, the remaining planets we see are rare vestiges of once-bustling neighborhoods. Can Lucky Planets Get a Second Chance at Life? 2023-10-05T04:00:00Z The funny thing is, I thought I could see an interstellar element that was flowing through the solar system. Meet the rock guitarist who helped NASA land on an asteroid 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z It’s worth the long voyage: Psyche, the largest known metallic object in the solar system, is probably made of the same metals that form the cores of the rocky planets. Welcome to NASA's hot asteroid autumn 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z In other solar systems, planets orbiting within a dusty disk carve gaps by hoovering up material. Puzzling objects found far beyond Neptune hint at second Kuiper belt 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Pluto and Arrokoth alike reside in what’s known as the Kuiper Belt, a remote and mysterious orbital region of icy objects in the outer reaches of our solar system. Beyond Pluto, New Horizons Gets a Reprieve from NASA 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z At the 60-inch telescope, Harlow Shapley discovered that our solar system occupied not the galaxy’s hallowed center but a nondescript place in its outer suburbs. The battle to save Mt. Wilson Observatory, where we found our place in the universe 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z Asteroids are like time capsules from the early solar system. Meet the rock guitarist who helped NASA land on an asteroid 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z A couple years ago, astronomers made a surprising discovery: A significant number of asteroids were missing from the central region of the solar system. Welcome to NASA's hot asteroid autumn 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Their study, funded by NASA, informs the search for life in the solar system, and could also increase the safety of transporting natural gas. Novel bacterial proteins from seafloor shine light on climate and astrobiology 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z This spectacular scene comes from an attempt to answer one of the greatest mysteries of the solar system: Where did Saturn’s rings come from, and when did they form? Saturn’s Rings May Have Formed in a Surprisingly Recent Crash of 2 Moons 2023-09-28T04:00:00Z Lava worlds, massive exoplanets home to sparkling skies and roiling volcanic seas called magma oceans, are distinctly unlike the planets in our solar system. Study sheds new light on strange lava worlds 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z Now there’s a big lump of dust that sure didn’t come from inside our solar system—and there’s no knowing what we’re going to encounter next, is there? Meet the rock guitarist who helped NASA land on an asteroid 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z “And my favorite thing would be if it turned out not to be part of a core, and instead taught us something completely surprising about solar system formation.” Welcome to NASA's hot asteroid autumn 2023-10-10T04:00:00Z Methane clathrates likely exist throughout the solar system -- on the subsurface of Mars, for example, and on icy moons in the outer solar system, such as Europa. Novel bacterial proteins from seafloor shine light on climate and astrobiology 2023-09-27T04:00:00Z The operation will help scientists learn more about conditions when the solar system was first formed. NASA Mission Brings Back Material from Asteroid 2023-09-26T04:00:00Z These worlds, tightly packed around their star with three of them within its habitable zone, have fueled hopes of finding potentially habitable environments beyond our solar system. New insights into the atmosphere and star of an exoplanet 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z You’ve moved on from dust and are now working a lot with asteroids and other small bodies in the solar system. Meet the rock guitarist who helped NASA land on an asteroid 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z In addition, the research illustrates the importance of tectonics and continental layouts when conducting research into planets beyond our solar system, called exoplanets. New research reveals extreme heat likely to wipe out humans and mammals in the distant future 2023-09-25T04:00:00Z Geophysicist Sara Russell at the Natural History Museum in London says that these samples may contain molecular clues about the history of the solar system and the origin of life on Earth. Asteroid sample returned to Earth is a time capsule of the ancient solar system 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Like other asteroids, Bennu is a relic of the early solar system. Capsule with NASA's first asteroid sample heads for Utah touchdown 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Researchers hope that the sample, taken from an asteroid named Bennu, will reveal clues about the origins of our solar system and the genesis of life on our planet. How to Watch NASA Bring Asteroid Samples Home From Space 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z And it is a very basic fact that everything in the solar system rotates. Meet the rock guitarist who helped NASA land on an asteroid 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Like other asteroids, Bennu is a primordial relic of the early solar system whose present-day chemistry and mineralogy are virtually unchanged since it formed some 4.5 billion years ago. NASA's first asteroid sample on track for Sunday parachute landing in Utah 2023-09-23T04:00:00Z “I find it fascinating that we can learn about our origins and about the deep history of the solar system by studying these very boring-looking rocks,” she says. Asteroid sample returned to Earth is a time capsule of the ancient solar system 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z Jupiter's moon Europa is one of a handful of worlds in our solar system that could potentially harbor conditions suitable for life. Carbon source found on surface of Jupiter's moon Europa 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z Earth isn’t the only planet that experiences equinoxes: Every planet in our solar system has them. Why the equinox ushers in the arrival of fall 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Europa is one of the most tantalizing places in the solar system: a wealth of observational evidence shows it hides an ocean beneath its icy crust that may possess conditions suitable for life. Jupiter’s Moon Europa May Hide Tantalizing Carbon in Mysterious Ocean 2023-09-21T04:00:00Z Microcombs can help us discover planets outside our solar system and track new diseases in our bodies. New method makes microcombs ten times more efficient 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z Remote analysis of Bennu’s chemical composition revealed that the asteroid was a remnant of the cataclysmic forces that birthed our solar system about 4.6 billion years ago. Asteroid sample returned to Earth is a time capsule of the ancient solar system 2023-09-24T04:00:00Z "Even with this short period of time, we were able to do really big science. This work gives a first hint of all the amazing solar system science we'll be able to do with Webb." Carbon source found on surface of Jupiter's moon Europa 2023-09-22T04:00:00Z No other country has fetched pieces of asteroids, preserved time capsules from the dawn of our solar system that can help explain how Earth — and life — came to be. NASA spacecraft delivering biggest sample yet from an asteroid 2023-09-20T04:00:00Z If you get a large enough solar system installed, then you can sell excess energy back to the public grid. How To Save Money On An Electricity Bill 2018-03-21T04:00:00Z Scientists believe the asteroids will provide information on the beginning of the solar system. 2021 Year in Review: Out of This World 2021-12-28T05:00:00Z By figuring out which of these sources produced the moon’s ices, scientists can learn something about how water is made and distributed throughout the solar system. The moon’s south pole is a mystery. This image offers a stunning new glimpse 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Dr. Arimatsu, who runs an observation program to study the outer solar system using backyard astronomy equipment, put out a call for more information. A Fireball Whacked Into Jupiter, and Astronomers Got It on Video 2023-09-15T04:00:00Z "However... those objects must have travelled through our solar system to get here," the report said. Nasa's UFO report: What we learned from UAP study 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z They concluded that it does not have an atmosphere—resembling Mercury in our own solar system. Nearby Worlds May Tell Us How Life Might Look in Our Galaxy 2023-09-14T04:00:00Z It's the first time these gasses have been found in a planet outside our solar system and could mean the planet, named K2-18b, has a water ocean. Tantalising sign of possible life on faraway world 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z “It gives us this guidebook for interpreting our own history, the history of the solar system, and indeed histories of other solar systems in the universe.” The moon’s south pole is a mystery. This image offers a stunning new glimpse 2023-09-19T04:00:00Z Space is big and it can take decades or longer to travel between solar systems. Your guide to the basics of UFOs, UAPs and interstellar alien intelligence 2023-09-10T04:00:00Z Tens of thousands of pieces of space junk, including discarded pieces of spacecraft or debris, are currently floating around the solar system. Cosmic conservation: Why experts argue portions of the solar system should remain untouched 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Meteorites are sourced from asteroids scattered across the solar system, which offers us a chance to study those remote bodies without having to send expensive spacecraft. The Science of Shooting Stars 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z An intriguing new celestial object known as Comet Nishimura is enduring a bumpy ride through the inner solar system despite having its tail torn off by an outburst from the sun. Watch a Comet’s Tail Get Mangled by the Sun 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z The comet will come closest to the sun — closer than Mercury is — on about Sept. 17 before departing the solar system. Across the Northern Hemisphere, now’s the time to catch a new comet before it vanishes for 400 years 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z We are developing software that allows us to find objects that came from outside the solar system. Astrophysicist Avi Loeb discusses UFOs, alien life and his controversial interstellar research 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z "The idea that, 'There's a lot of the solar system there, there's no need to worry about it,' felt like the American mistake all over again," Milligan told Salon in a video call. Cosmic conservation: Why experts argue portions of the solar system should remain untouched 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Many are relatively unchanged since the birth of the solar system—some are even older than the planets themselves—and thus can help fill in these early chapters in our cosmic history. The Science of Shooting Stars 2023-09-08T04:00:00Z Researchers initially presumed that this comet was on its first swing through the inner solar system and, because of its relatively small size, was doomed to evaporate away in the sun’s radiance. Watch a Comet’s Tail Get Mangled by the Sun 2023-09-07T04:00:00Z According to the World Bank, the number of so-called minigrids, meaning solar systems that support a cluster of homes or businesses, has grown from 500 in Africa in 2000 to 3,000 today. As Africa Climate Summit promotes solar, off-grid power ramps up below the Sahara 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z We found that the spherules along the meteor path have an unusual composition that suggests that they came from outside the solar system. Astrophysicist Avi Loeb discusses UFOs, alien life and his controversial interstellar research 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z "The idea that, 'There's a lot of the solar system there, there's no need to worry about it,' felt like the American mistake all over again." Cosmic conservation: Why experts argue portions of the solar system should remain untouched 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z It is hoped any material gathered could provide information about the origins of the solar system. Canterbury: Scientists search cathedral roof for cosmic dust 2023-09-04T04:00:00Z India's first space-based mission to study the solar system's biggest object is named after Surya - the Hindu god of Sun who is also known as Aditya. Aditya-L1: India set to launch its first mission to Sun 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z CP Solar’s managing director, Rashmi Shah, said his company has installed 25 megawatts of solar systems in the past six years. As Africa Climate Summit promotes solar, off-grid power ramps up below the Sahara 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z "We are developing software that allows us to find objects that came from outside the solar system." Astrophysicist Avi Loeb discusses UFOs, alien life and his controversial interstellar research 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z One can only imagine the value of the stillness that could be experienced when visiting an untouched planetary body in our solar system. Cosmic conservation: Why experts argue portions of the solar system should remain untouched 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z And for good reason: If corroborated, a discovery like this could change how we think about life in this solar system by providing clues into how it operates in others. Harvard professor Avi Loeb says he found interstellar objects in the deep sea. Others are skeptical 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z The mission, he adds, will above all help improve our scientific understanding of the Sun - the 4.5 billion-year-old star that holds our solar system together. Aditya-L1: India set to launch its first mission to Sun 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z She has installed a small solar system that powers five bulbs and a fan, and paying the installments every month is easy for her. As Africa Climate Summit promotes solar, off-grid power ramps up below the Sahara 2023-09-06T04:00:00Z Plus, solar systems are eligible for generous state, local and federal tax credits, so talk to a nearby tax pro to see how they can help your taxes. How your choice of roof can impact your energy bills 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z For some, inhabiting other planetary bodies in our solar system is a question of "when," not "if." Cosmic conservation: Why experts argue portions of the solar system should remain untouched 2023-09-09T04:00:00Z Loeb says traces of three rare elements — beryllium, lanthanum and uranium — suggest the spheres come from outside of our solar system. Harvard professor Avi Loeb says he found interstellar objects in the deep sea. Others are skeptical 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Countries are interested in going to the Moon because it can inspire people, test the limits of human technical capabilities and allow us to discover more about our solar system. India’s Chandrayaan-3 landed on the south pole of the Moon. Here's why that matters 2023-08-30T04:00:00Z The ice-giant Neptune, the most distant and third largest planet in our solar system, is a distinctive dark blue ball of gas, which may appear calm but is actually throttled by a chaotic atmosphere. Neptune's strange clouds are disappearing, revealing the weird seasons of the ice giant 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z With its subsurface ocean and geysers spewing water and complex organic molecules, scientists say Saturn’s moon Enceladus is one of the most promising places to look for extraterrestrial life in the solar system. How might JPL look for life on watery worlds? With the help of this slithering robot 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z The project also will include a 112-kilowatt rooftop solar system with battery backup and four electric vehicle charging stations. Extreme Heat Threatens Student Health in Schools without Air-Conditioning 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z Brownlee said the prevalence of these elements is not sufficient proof to determine if they are from outside our solar system or even outside our planet. Harvard professor Avi Loeb says he found interstellar objects in the deep sea. Others are skeptical 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Oxygen provides air to breathe, and hydrogen and oxygen can also be used as rocket propellants to get back home to Earth, or somewhere else in the solar system. On the Moon’s South Pole, a Quest for Ice 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z It's actually the windiest place in our solar system. Neptune's strange clouds are disappearing, revealing the weird seasons of the ice giant 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z The best chances of finding extraterrestrial life might lie within the water-rich moons in our own solar system. How might JPL look for life on watery worlds? With the help of this slithering robot 2023-08-24T04:00:00Z Even if we learn that Psyche is not an ancient planetary core, we're bound to significantly add to our body of knowledge about the solar system and the way planets form. NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal world may reveal the mysteries of Earth’s interior 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z "So uranium from outside the solar system would have been totally different isotopically than ours." Harvard professor Avi Loeb says he found interstellar objects in the deep sea. Others are skeptical 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Shields' research focuses on finding life on exoplanets, or those outside of our solar system. From star to stars: Astrophysicist Aomawa Shields traces her journey from acting to astronomy 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z The culprit, the authors hypothesize in a recent paper in the journal Icarus, is the ultraviolet rays that the Sun emits throughout the solar system. Neptune's strange clouds are disappearing, revealing the weird seasons of the ice giant 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z An elderly reader hoped a rooftop solar system would recoup his investment quickly. Solar panels: Should you buy them? Rent them? Pass? 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z They are the leftover building blocks from our solar system's early and violent period, a time of planetary formation. NASA’s Psyche mission to a metal world may reveal the mysteries of Earth’s interior 2023-08-23T04:00:00Z "Right away that tells us they're maybe just asteroids in our own solar system." Harvard professor Avi Loeb says he found interstellar objects in the deep sea. Others are skeptical 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z We could find life within our own backyard, within our own solar system. From star to stars: Astrophysicist Aomawa Shields traces her journey from acting to astronomy 2023-08-20T04:00:00Z Each planet of the solar system has its own look. Neptune’s Clouds Have Vanished, and Scientists Think They Know Why 2023-08-18T04:00:00Z For example, being the smallest planet in the solar system, Mercury also has the weakest gravitational field—meaning that the planet’s pull simply can’t affect us in any significant sense. How to Survive Mercury in Retrograde 2023-08-17T04:00:00Z Its 133-year orbit is highly inclined to the plane of the solar system, coming down almost perpendicular to us where it crosses our planet’s path around the sun. Perseid Meteor Shower Peaks This Weekend in a Stargazing Must-See 2023-08-11T04:00:00Z On the other hand, if it came from within our solar system, it could have gone slow enough to break apart and fall into the ocean, scattering spherules like these. Harvard professor Avi Loeb says he found interstellar objects in the deep sea. Others are skeptical 2023-09-01T04:00:00Z Eris shares its name with one of the largest known dwarf planets in our solar system. New coronavirus subvariant Eris is gaining dominance. Is it fueling an increase in cases? 2023-08-10T04:00:00Z Previous findings suggested that most of these planets were about the size of Jupiter, our solar system’s most massive planet. Our Galaxy Is Home to Trillions of Worlds Gone Rogue 2023-08-06T04:00:00Z It took an interstellar “shout” across the solar system. NASA Reaches Voyager 2 With a Last-Ditch ‘Shout’ Across the Void 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Voyager 2 has been hurtling through space since its launch in 1977 to explore the outer solar system. NASA restores contact with NASA’s Voyager 2 spacecraft after mistake led to weeks of silence 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Voyager 2 launched to space on Aug. 20, 1977, to take a tour of our solar system’s outer planets. NASA’s Voyager 2 Is Out of Contact but Not Lost in Space 2023-08-01T04:00:00Z Because they exist in the solar system's cold outer reaches, comets are extremely icy; up to 80 percent of their mass may be water. Did Earth’s Water Come from Meteorites? 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Astronomers have come across the shiniest planet ever found, a mere 265 light years from our solar system. Titanium Clouds Engulf This Ultrahot Neptune-like Planet 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z But NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory said on Friday that it re-established full communications with Voyager 2, an aging probe exploring the outer edges of the solar system. NASA Reaches Voyager 2 With a Last-Ditch ‘Shout’ Across the Void 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z In the historic quest to bring samples from across the solar system back to Earth, the best mantra for success may be a simple, familiar phrase: “practice makes perfect.” This Is How the First-Ever U.S. Asteroid Sample Return Will Unfold 2023-07-27T04:00:00Z Made of dust, rock and ice, comets are the frozen leftovers from the formation of our solar system. ‘Millennium Falcon’ Comet Sprouts Icy Wings as It Loops around the Sun 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z “Everything we found, whether it came from the inner or the outer solar system, was really, really dry,” she says. Did Earth’s Water Come from Meteorites? 2023-07-31T04:00:00Z Our solar system doesn’t show up until halfway through. This space artist changed the way we see the universe 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Voyager 2 launched to space on Aug. 20, 1977, to fly by the solar system’s outer planets and then explore the interstellar space that lies beyond it. NASA Reaches Voyager 2 With a Last-Ditch ‘Shout’ Across the Void 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z For one, the ability to guide unmanned robotic spacecraft anywhere in the solar system was a byproduct of the technologies necessary for the manned Apollo missions. 65 years of NASA – an astrophysicist reflects on the agency’s legacy 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z The consequences could echo through the entire solar system. ‘Man in the Moon’ Older Than Scientists Thought 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z These isotopes form when cosmic rays, originating far from our solar system, slam into the rocks on Earth. When Greenland was green: Ancient soil from beneath a mile of ice offers warnings for the future 2023-07-23T04:00:00Z After Pioneer 10 and Pioneer 11 visited the gas giants, they would become some of the first human-made objects to leave the solar system. This space artist changed the way we see the universe 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z Its twin, Voyager 1, was launched weeks after Voyager 2 and became the first to cross the solar system’s boundary. NASA Reaches Voyager 2 With a Last-Ditch ‘Shout’ Across the Void 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z "What are the standards for saying that we have found microbial life in the solar system, what is it going to take?" How scientists will know they've found 'alien life' 2023-07-20T04:00:00Z And the findings could rewrite history beyond the moon because scientists extrapolate from the moon’s craters to determine surface ages on planets, moons and asteroids throughout the solar system. ‘Man in the Moon’ Older Than Scientists Thought 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z X-class flares are the largest explosions in the solar systems and can create long-lasting radiation storms. Russian scientists warn of powerful solar flare activity on Monday 2023-07-17T04:00:00Z On the Big Island, volcanic rock pebbles crunched underfoot as Lomberg wandered down a curving hedgerow marked “Orion arm” to a leaf adorned with a plastic jewel that represents our solar system. This space artist changed the way we see the universe 2023-07-26T04:00:00Z But it no longer needs to wait, and the mission has resumed data transmissions from beyond the solar system’s heliosphere. NASA Reaches Voyager 2 With a Last-Ditch ‘Shout’ Across the Void 2023-08-04T04:00:00Z Some astronomers believe that before our solar system existed — indeed, before our galaxy was formed — dark stars were abundant. Dark matter power: James Webb telescope may have proven the existence of dark stars 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z Werner and her colleagues want to keep exploring what the recalibration means for our understanding of the moon and the wider solar system. ‘Man in the Moon’ Older Than Scientists Thought 2023-07-24T04:00:00Z Pair an electric truck with a home solar system, the thinking goes, and a family could keep the lights on for days or even weeks. A New Job for Electric Vehicles: Powering Homes During Blackouts 2023-07-16T04:00:00Z Astronomers have discovered more than 5,000 planets outside of the solar system to date. A new, thin-lensed telescope design could far surpass James Webb 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Put Deneb in the center of our solar system, and Earth would be cooked. Meet the Stars of the ‘Summer Triangle’ 2023-07-14T04:00:00Z Our solar system's star drives weather on Earth, influences ocean currents, climate and makes plant life possible. Yes, some sunscreens contain cancer-causing chemicals — but the sun is still far more dangerous 2023-07-13T04:00:00Z Still ahead for Webb: Astronomers hope to behold the earliest stars and galaxies of the universe while scouring the cosmos for any hints of life on planets outside our solar system. Webb Space Telescope reveals moment of stellar birth, dramatic close-up of 50 baby stars 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z You could fit a thousand earths inside it, and it was most likely the first planet to form, or you'll get as large as something like a big giant planet in our solar system. James Webb one year later: An astronomer discusses her favorite views of our universe 2023-07-12T04:00:00Z |
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