Recent Astronomy Questions

• How many moons does Neptune have, and does it have any rings?

  3 hr 35 min ago - Neptune has eight moons that we know about and there may be m...

• How many rings does Uranus have?

  3 hr 35 min ago - There are at least nine rings around Uranus. The rings are co...

• Why does the Southern Hemisphere have a smaller temperature range than the Northern Hemisphere?

  3 hr 36 min ago - As you may know, land requires less heat energy to change tem...

• Is the universe never ending?

  3 hr 36 min ago - It is undetermined, although I believe everything has an end ...

• How was our solar system formed?

  3 hr 37 min ago - Scientists believe that the solar system was formed when a cl...

• How many rings does saturn have?

  3 hr 39 min ago - Saturn has four main groups of rings and three fainter, narro...

• How far is the space station from earth?

  3 hr 40 min ago - The International Space Station is approximately 220 miles fr...

• How far is the moon?

  3 hr 40 min ago - It is about 250,000 miles from Earth to the moon. The moon mo...

• How many rings does mars have?

  3 hr 40 min ago - Mars has no rings around it, unlike planets like saturn.

• Where are most of the asteroids found in our solar system?

  3 hr 42 min ago - The giant asteroid belt near Jupiter is the most dense accumu...

• Where is our sun located in the milky way?

  3 hr 42 min ago - The sun is about 26,000 light-years from the center of the Mi...

• What causes the seasons on Earth?

  3 hr 43 min ago - Seasons are caused by the earth's tilt in relation to the Sum...

• What is the name for stars that seem to circle around polaris and never dip below the horizon?

  3 hr 44 min ago - A circumpolar star is a star that, as viewed from a given lat...

• How many rings does Jupiter have?

  3 hr 44 min ago - The rings of Jupiter consist of 4 major components, the halo ...

• Star of david?

  3 hr 44 min ago - The Star of David , known in Hebrew as the Shield of David or...

• Is pluto a planet?

  3 hr 45 min ago - Pluto is a dwarf planet, but dwarf planets are not classified...

• What is the suns energy classified by?

  3 hr 46 min ago - The Sun's power is produced by nuclear fusion reactions. Each...

• What does the Big Bang Theory state?

  3 hr 48 min ago - About 15 billion years ago a tremendous explosion started the...

• Are we alone in the universe?

  3 hr 48 min ago - There is no documented proof of life outside of Earth, but th...

• What does energy from the sun travel to earth as?

  3 hr 48 min ago - The sun release energy in the form of light, or more broadly,...

• Why is Pluto no longer considered a planet?

  3 hr 49 min ago - Pluto is no longer considered a planet because astronomers ha...

• How many planets have life?

  3 hr 52 min ago - No direct observational evidence has been encountered of life...

• Is Venus closer to the Sun than Earth?

  3 hr 53 min ago - Yes. Venus is 67.2 million miles from the sun, compared with ...

• What accounts for different stars being seen in the sky during different seasons of the year?

  3 hr 53 min ago - There are two motions that affect the Earth: its rotation aro...

• What is the study of the size, movements, and composition of the planets, stars, and other deep-space objects?

  3 hr 54 min ago - Astronomy is the study of the size, movements, and compositio...

• What do we know about the 24th dimension?

  3 hr 55 min ago - It is the packing of spheres in 24 dimensional space, via the...

• Is there extraterrestrial life?

  3 hr 55 min ago - Many people believe in extraterrestrial life, but it has neve...

• What is the hypothesis called, that the sun and the planets developed out of the same cloud of gas and dust?

  3 hr 55 min ago - Nebular hypothesis n (Astronomy) the theory that the solar sy...

• Which star is the brightest star in the night sky?

  3 hr 57 min ago - Sirius is the brightest star in the night sky. With a visual ...

• What do satellites do?

  3 hr 59 min ago - Technically, a satellite is any body that orbits another, lar...

• What are the terrestrial planets in our solar system?

  4 hr ago - The terrestrial planets are the four innermost planets in the...

• How can the universe expand if it is already infinite?

  4 hr 1 min ago - It is almost impossible for people to comprehend, but it actu...

• Where and when is the next total solar eclipse?

  4 hr 1 min ago - The next Solar Eclipse will be on July 22nd 2009. And will be...

• What is the time of revolution of Uranus?

  4 hr 2 min ago - One revolution period around the Sun takes Uranus 84 years. O...

• Is every star a sun?

  4 hr 2 min ago - A star is a massive, luminous ball of plasma that is held tog...

• Is the universe is infinite?

  4 hr 2 min ago - Nobody knows for sure but the theory is that the universe is ...

• Is there another planet that can sustain human life?

  4 hr 4 min ago - As of yet, there has not been another planet found that can s...

• What is a globular cluster?

  4 hr 4 min ago - Globular clusters are gravitationally bound concentrations of...

• Why can't astronauts burp in space?

  4 hr 5 min ago - The reason astronauts can't burp in space s that there is no ...

• What is fourier space?

  4 hr 5 min ago - In mathematics, Fourier space is the space in which the Fouri...

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