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Deborah
July 15, 2015
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Science Review of New Horizons Pluto Flyby

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Overview On July 14, 2015, the New Horizons probe flew past Pluto in its closest approach, over 7700 miles or 12,500 km from the dwarf planet. From the time it…

Deborah
July 4, 2015
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Science Review of Rainbows

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Overview Rainbows, glories, fogbows, and glassbows are all related phenomena caused by the nature of light. Each color is created by light hitting raindrops or beads of glass. They have…

Deborah
May 3, 2015
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Science Review: The Search for Extrasolar Planets

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Overview Astronomers have observed planets orbiting other stars in the Milky Way galaxy and in other galaxies. Some of these objects are below the mass of Earth, while others are…

Deborah
May 2, 2015
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Science Review of Planetary Magnetospheres

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Overview The magnetosphere around a planet is the area of space where charged particles are controlled by its magnetic field. In the Solar System, Jupiter and Earth have the strongest…

Deborah
May 2, 2015
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Science Review: More about the Sun

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Overview More is known about the Sun than any other star, because the details of its structure, its features, and its effects can be observed at relatively close range. The magnetic…

Deborah
May 1, 2015
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Science Review of the Sun

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Overview The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is 149,600,000 km from Earth, and generates its own energy. At its core, nuclear fusion converts…

Deborah
April 28, 2015
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Science Review of Beyond the Kuiper Belt

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Overview Parts of the Solar System are beyond the great distances of the Kuiper Belt. These bodies may have a close approach to the Sun within 30 to 50 AU,…

Deborah
April 26, 2015
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Science Review of the Kuiper Belt

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Overview The Kuiper Belt is located between the orbit of Neptune at 30 AU, or 30 times the distance of the Earth from the Sun, and 50 AU. It contains…

Deborah
April 26, 2015
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Science Review of Pluto and Charon

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Overview The dwarf planet Pluto is more than 5.8 billion kilometers away from the Sun, about 40 times the distance between the Earth and the Sun. Its largest moon, Charon,…

Deborah
April 25, 2015
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Science Review of the Planet Neptune

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Overview The planet Neptune is the 8th planet from the Sun, at a distance over 30 times the distance the Earth is from the Sun, 4.5 billion km. It is…

Science Review of New Horizons Pluto Flyby

Science Review of Rainbows

Science Review: The Search for Extrasolar Planets

Science Review of Planetary Magnetospheres

Science Review: More about the Sun

Science Review of the Sun

Science Review of Beyond the Kuiper Belt

Science Review of the Kuiper Belt

Science Review of Pluto and Charon

Science Review of the Planet Neptune

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