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Category: Astro Blog
Astro Blog
Why Does Titan Have a Dense Atmosphere
True-color image of layers of haze in Titan’s atmosphere. Photo taken by the Cassini spacecraft. Credit:…
How Astronomers Explore the Sun’s Layers Below the Photosphere
The layers of the Sun. Image by Kelvin Song. License: CC BY-SA 3.0. The Sun, our…
Why Are Star Clusters Ideal Laboratories for Stellar Evolution
Globular cluster M2. Located 37,000 light-years from Earth in the constellation of Aquarius. Credits: NASA, ESA,…
What Heats the Chromosphere and Corona to High Temperatures?
Chromosphere and corona during the 1999 total solar eclipse in France. Photo by Luc Viatour. License:…
What Separates the Inner and Outer Solar System?
Solar system in true color and size. Distances not to scale. Credits: NASA, Kevin M. Gill,…
Why Do We Think Triton Is a Captured Moon?
Montage of Neptune and its moon Triton. Credit: NASA/JPL. Have you ever wondered why scientists believe…
The Fascinating World of Asteroid Davida
3D model of asteroid 511 Davida based on lightcurve modeling. Credit: Marchis et al. (2006). License:…
Why Is Venus the Hottest Planet?
Why is Venus the hottest planet? Hint: the atmosphere. Here’s a photo of the cloud structure…
Where Are Most Asteroids Found?
A plot of inner solar system asteroids and planets in a manner that exposes the Kirkwood…