Why do we need scientific names for things? Usually, one of two reasons. Either, for an international standard across languages, >>
Category: Astronomy
Evening Star
Venus is the second planet from the Sun. It is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. As >>
Morning Star
In relation to the Sun, Venus is the second planet after Mercury, just in front of the Earth. No planet >>
Swift Planet
Mercury is the closest planet to the Sun. It orbits 58 million kilometers from the Sun, 2.7 times closer than >>
Ringed Planet
Saturn, the planet with the rings… It is really the most beautiful planet of the solar system. Saturn is the >>
The God of Olympus
Jupiter, Zeus, the god of Olympus, is 773 million km from the Sun, 5 times farther than the Earth and >>
The Giant Planets
There are 4 giant Jovian planets in the solar system: Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. Place Pluto, Eris and 2007 >>
Red Planet
The last telluric planet, the 4th of the solar system is Mars, nicknamed the Red Planet because of the color >>
The moon, we go back!
After abandoning the Moon for more than 30 years, space agencies have decided to return to the moon and live >>
Moon Eclipses
Twice a year, the moon turns orange for several hours. You can easily observe this phenomenon with the naked eye >>