Sep 25, 2025 · Under certain conditions, it is possible to experience time passing at a different rate than 1 second per second. And there are important reasons why we need to understand this real-world …

In the game — and in real life — the Deep Space Network has three big antenna complexes evenly spaced around the world. There is one in California, one in Spain and one in Australia.

Sep 25, 2025 · These heavier elements, such as carbon and nitrogen, are the elements needed for life. Only massive stars can make heavy elements like gold, silver, and uranium.

Sep 25, 2025 · This seems really fast, but objects in space are so far away that it takes a lot of time for their light to reach us. The farther an object is, the farther in the past we see it.

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Sep 25, 2025 · Space Volcanoes! Explore the many volcanoes in our solar system using the Space Volcano Explorer. explore Build a Moon Habitat! A Planet Without a Sun? explore Thermosphere …

May 25, 2021 · At first glance, the answer seems simple. ‘Inter’ means between. ‘Stellar’ refers to stars. “Easy!” you think, “Interstellar space is the part of space that exists between stars.” Not so fast! …

Sep 25, 2025 · The pictures from Voyager 1 and 2 allowed us to see lots of things for the first time. For example, they captured detailed photos of Jupiter's clouds and storms, and the structure of Saturn's …

Nov 2, 2016 · A star's life has a beginning, middle, and end, just like ours. Only a star's life is much, much longer. Mira is a red giant star near the end of its life. It is blowing off much of its mass in the …