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A comical planetary beauty contest is described, highlighting the unique traits of each planet: Mercury’s fiery nature, Venus ...

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Explore Ceres, the largest asteroid in our solar system, and discover its remarkable ancient ocean and ice-rich crust.

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Mercury would be the gossip, Venus the social butterfly, and Earth the over-eager colleague. Mars would be excessively compe ...

Planetarium features a number of star shows and laser concerts during March specially designed for children, at 118 Lamington ...

These popular astronomy questions, answered by Astronomy magazine, will help you better understand our universe - and share ...

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Last fall, the scientific community went into a minor frenzy. A hunk of interstellar material had been sucked into the ...

Scientists at NASA for the first time have been able to observe the make up of Pluto and other small and icy celestial bodies ...