The 7th planet from the Sun, Uranus gets its light blue color from methane gas in its atmosphere, which absorbs red light and reflects blue. 1.8 billion miles from the Sun, Uranus is the closest of the Ice Giants.
Visit Mercury, the smallest and innermost planet in the Solar System. Its orbit around the Sun takes 87.97 days, the shortest of all the planets in the Solar System. Named after the Roman deity Mercury, the messenger of the gods, Mercury has 'mercurial' temperature swings from extreme heat to ex...
Listen in as U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin perform operations on the Moon for hours! Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight to land humans on the Moon, touching down in the Apollo Lunar Module Eagle on July 20, 1969, at 20:17 UTC. Footage courtesy of the National Aeronautics and Spa...
The 4.6-billion year old fiery colossus is a near-perfect sphere of plasma that could fit a million Earths. For once, it's safe to stare. Imaging technology enables us to see many aspects of the Sun. This video contains the latest technology giving the highest resolution images of the star's surf...
