Browsing: Mass

Capturing the Night Sky’s Celestial Display Meteor showers, ephemeral celestial events, ignite the night sky…

Discovery and Physical Characteristics: Discovery: Discovered by William Herschel in 1781 Diameter: 50,724 km (fourth…

Definition A super-Earth is a type of exoplanet with a mass greater than that of…

Overview Fermium, named after Enrico Fermi, is a radioactive chemical element with the symbol Fm…

The Sun is the center of our solar system and the primary source of energy…

A Glowing Ball of Gas The Sun is a star, a colossal ball of hot,…

Overview Juno is the third innermost Galilean moon of Jupiter. Discovered by Galileo Galilei in…

Background China’s Tiangong space station is a modular space station currently under construction in low…

Determining whether a planet beyond our solar system can sustain life is a tantalizing question…

Overview Brown dwarfs are a unique class of celestial objects that fall between the categories…