Rocky bodies called protoplanets were thought to have formed slightly earlier in the inner solar system than those beyond the ...

Explore space with these fun solar system worksheets. Kids will learn about planets, moon phases, and space exploration through hands-on activities. Perfect for home or classroom use, these ...

Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. ... – Gavriel, age 10, Paducah, Kentucky A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in our solar system.

For only the third time in history, astronomers have detected a new interstellar visitor — an object from another star — blitzing into our solar system.

NOVA “Solar System: Strange Worlds” Premieres Oct. 9, 2024 at 9pm ET/8C on PBS. There’s no other way to describe it: Some worlds in our solar system just look strange. But these worlds, misshapen in ...

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Grades 9-12 Learn about the cause of sunburns, in this video from NOVA’s Gross Science series. Sunlight is made up of many types of radiation: infrared, visible, and ultraviolet (UV). UV radiation can ...

A possible new dwarf planet has been discovered at the edge of our solar system, so far-flung that it takes around 25,000 years to complete one orbit around the sun. The object, known as 2017 ...

A 9th planet in our solar system might be found — and no, it’s not Pluto. Is there another planet out there? Researchers say they have hints of a new candidate ...

U.S. astronomers hunting for "Planet Nine" have instead stumbled on what appears to be a new dwarf planet in the solar system's outer reaches.

A cloud of collapsing gas created our Sun, the first thing to form in our solar system. This happened about 4½ billion years ago. ... Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages.