A fantastic map from webcomic artist Randall Munroe shows the relative surface areas of all the rocky planets and moons in the solar system as though they were continents branching off from the oceans ...

The Conversation’s Curious Kids series responds to children’s questions on all sorts of topics, but there’s one that comes up again and again: space. For the second episode in our webinar series, ...

Fun art projects and simple models will do the trick. Read on for inspiration on how you can teach your kids about the solar eclipse and get them excited about the event. "A solar eclipse happens when ...

KEARNEY — A traveling exhibit, Discover the Sun, Earth, Universe, has opened at the Kearney Area Children’s Museum at 5827 Fourth Ave. It can be seen through December. The exhibit asks questions like, ...

There's a lot of space in space. That's the point hammered in by this huge to-scale map of the solar system, If The Moon Were Only 1 Pixel, created by the interactive designer Josh Worth. The map is ...

In most maps of the solar system, you can expect to see the eight canonical planets (plus whatever Pluto is at the moment) trailing the fiery orange sun like polite little ducklings in a row. In ...

Who doesn't love a good map? I know I certainly do, and the more detailed the map, the better it is. So how about a map of our solar system? Don't worry. Biologist Eleanor Lutz has gone out of her way ...

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Solar wind repels 70% of cosmic radiation, but it doesn't protect every side of the solar system equally. At the edge of the solar system is a violent frontier where two cosmic powers clash. On one ...

Discover how energy literacy programs and renewable education initiatives in Australia are empowering the next generation to ...