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Facts about Uranus

Uranus is the seventh major planet in our solar system, and the third of four gas giant planets. It is 51,200 kilometers in diameter, just under four times...

April 1, 2016

Facts About Saturn, Ring System and Moons

Saturn is similar to Jupiter, although about one-third the mass. A day on Saturn is only 10 hours and 39 minutes long; it spins so fast that its...

April 1, 2016

Interesting Facts About Jupiter and Its Moons

Jupiter is the largest planet in solar system, twice as massive as all the other planets, moons and asteroids in solar system put together. More than 90 percent...

April 1, 2016

Key Facts About Mars and Its Moons

Mars is known as the red planet because it looks red from Earth. The reddish color comes from the high concentration of iron oxide compounds—that is, rust—in the...

April 1, 2016

Interesting Facts and Notes on Venus Planet

Venus is similar to Earth in many ways and is closer in distance to Earth than any other planet, and it has a similar size and composition. Key...

April 1, 2016

Interesting Facts About Mercury Planet

At 58 million kilometers distance, Mercury is closest planet to Sun.  Due this much proximity, mercury’s orbit is very much stretched into a long elliptical shape. Other important...

April 1, 2016

Planets and Planetary Rings

A planet is an object which is not a star {i.e. no nuclear fusion takes place in it} and that orbits around a star and is mostly round...

April 1, 2016

Key Facts About Sun and Solar System

Sun is a star with a diameter of 109 times of earth and a mass of 3.30 lakh times of Earth, roughly accounting for 99.9% of total mass...

April 1, 2016

Stellar Evolution: All about Birth and Death of Stars

Stellar evolution is a complicated process. All stars go through the continuous change and their life cycle is made of immature stage, mature stage and final changes towards...

April 1, 2016

Interesting Facts About Stars

A star is a mass of incandescent gas that produces energy at its core by nuclear fusion. Most of the visible light in the universe is produced by...

April 1, 2016

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