Recent Astronomy Questions

• How does the energy from the sun reach earth?

  5 hr 1 min ago - It takes 8 minutes for the Sun's light to reach the earth. Th...

• How big is Saturn compared to the earth?

  5 hr 2 min ago - Saturn is 9 times the diameter of the planet Earth. Saturn is...

• Why do astronomers use star clusters to study the evolution?

  5 hr 2 min ago - Star clusters are very useful laboratories for empirically st...

• Why was the moon so big last night in Richmond?

  5 hr 4 min ago - That is because of the monthly moon stages; last night it was...

• Why is the earth closer to the sun in January?

  5 hr 4 min ago - Earth's orbit is not a perfect circle. It is elliptical, or s...

• When is the next time haileys comet comes around?

  5 hr 5 min ago - The next time it will be around will be in 2062, probably in ...

• If you were standing on venus? Can you see the earth from it?

  5 hr 10 min ago - Venus is the brightest object in the sky except for the Sun a...

• What kind of gases are on the moon?

  5 hr 11 min ago - The moon has no substantial atmosphere, but small amounts of ...

• If you lived on Jupiter, which planets would you see overhead during the night?

  5 hr 12 min ago - You would be able to see the most clearly the nearby planets ...

• If you live on Jupiter, which planets would you see going through the full range phases?

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• What are the names to all of the constellations?

  5 hr 14 min ago - Alphabetical listing of constellations: Andromeda, Antlia, Ap...

• When will my ring get here?

  5 hr 15 min ago - If your ring is being delivered, the time it takes to get to ...

• What is the name of the constellation that are twins?

  5 hr 15 min ago - Gemini is the constellation that are the twins.It's one of th...

• Do any other planets have tectonic plates?

  5 hr 15 min ago - Mars is considerably smaller than the Earth, but shows some i...

• If you lived on the sun would you still see the moon go through its phases?

  5 hr 16 min ago - If you were on the sun you would not see the moon's phases be...

• What was earths early atmosphere like?

  5 hr 20 min ago - When the earth was finally solid, there were many volcanoes. ...

• What layer of the atmosphere do most meteors burn up in?

  5 hr 21 min ago - Meteors burn up in the mesosphere. Aurorae occur in the lower...

• How fast does the moon travel?

  5 hr 21 min ago - The moon orbits the earth at a speed of 2288 miles per hour o...

• When the next hailies comet?

  5 hr 25 min ago - Halley's Comet is the comet that orbits the Sun roughly every...

• What is the portion on sunlight reflected by the moons surface?

  5 hr 25 min ago - Moonlight is the light that reaches Earth from the Moon. This...

• What is the closest point to Earth in the moon's orbit?

  5 hr 26 min ago - People in Ecuador, Kenya, Tanzania and Indonesia are all a bi...

• What is a dark earth pigment?

  5 hr 26 min ago - Umber: a brown earth that is darker in color than ocher and s...

• What are the dark, smooth plains on the Moon called?

  5 hr 27 min ago - The dark, smooth plains on the moon are called mares. It was ...

• What direction does the earth rotate?

  5 hr 28 min ago - The earth rotates about its own axis in a counterclockwise di...

• How did the milky way galaxy get its name?

  5 hr 30 min ago - Nobody is sure how the Milky Way got its strange name. The an...

• What are the names of the four major spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy?

  5 hr 32 min ago - The 4 major spiral arms of the Milky Way are: Norma, Scutum-C...

• How far away from us is the Oort Cloud?

  5 hr 34 min ago - The Earth is about 1 astronomical unit (AU) or 150,000,000 ki...

• What arm are we on in the milky way galaxy?

  5 hr 34 min ago - The Eearth is located on on one of Milky Way Galaxy's spiral ...

• How, was earth created?

  5 hr 35 min ago - This is debatable! Scientists say Earth was created by gas an...

• How many km from earth is the asteroid belt?

  5 hr 35 min ago - The closest asteroid on the belt, Toutatis, is 1.480x10^6 km ...

• What are the 8 planets?

  5 hr 36 min ago - The 8 planets in order are:Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupit...

• What Dimitri medeleev designed the periodic table by their increasing what?

  5 hr 36 min ago - Dimitri Mendeleev created the periodic table that listed the ...

• How far is the center of the moon from the center of the earth?

  5 hr 36 min ago - The average distance from the center of the Earth to the cent...

• How fast are winds in the jet stream?

  5 hr 36 min ago - The Jet Stream flows at a minimum of 57 MPH and is located ab...

• What is the first planet?

  5 hr 38 min ago - The small and rocky planet Mercury is the closest planet to t...

• How often does a blood moon occur?

  5 hr 38 min ago - A blood moon occurs approximately once every 2 years. ChaCha on!

• What is a super giant?

  5 hr 40 min ago - A fictional Japanese superhero featured in a successful serie...

• What do the sun, terrstrial planets, and jovian planets have in common?

  5 hr 41 min ago - We have them all in our solar system.

• How hot are solar flares?

  5 hr 41 min ago - Solar Flares are very hot! A solar flare is a sudden brighten...

• Why does earth spin?

  5 hr 46 min ago - Earth spins because of the way it was formed. Our solar syste...

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