7 results for “matter”
Planets & the Solar System
Jupiter
matters Jupiter's gravity has shaped everything else. During the solar system's formation it stirred
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Planets & the Solar System
The Moon
matters The Moon is Earth's archive. Its ancient surface records the bombardment that shaped our planet
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Planets & the Solar System
Mercury and Venus
matters Venus is the clearest warning in the solar system of what a runaway greenhouse effect
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Planets & the Solar System
Comets, Asteroids and Pluto
matters Asteroids and comets are the most primitive material in the solar system, unaltered since before
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Planets & the Solar System
Saturn
matters The Cassini mission orbited Saturn for thirteen years and ended in 2017 by plunging into
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Planets & the Solar System
The Sun
matters Nearly every form of energy on Earth is sunlight in disguise. Plants capture it; animals
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Planets & the Solar System
Uranus and Neptune
matters Among the thousands of planets discovered around other stars, worlds of Neptune's size are far more
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