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NASA's Juno spacecraft captured this view of Jupiter during the mission's 54th close flyby of the giant planet Sept. 7, 2023.
Near-term physical exploration missions, focused on obtaining new information about the Solar System, are planned and announced by both national and private organisations. Tentative plans for crewed orbital and landing missions to the Moon and Mars to establish scientific outposts will later enable permanent and self-sufficient settlements.
Breakthrough Starshot is a research and engineering project by the Breakthrough Initiatives to develop a proof-of-concept fleet of light sail interstellar probes named Starchip, [1] to be capable of making the journey to the Alpha Centauri star system 4.34 light-years away. It was founded in 2016 by Yuri Milner, Stephen Hawking, and Mark ...
New Horizons third stage, a Star 48B solid fuel rocket, is on a similar escape trajectory out of the Solar System to New Horizons, even arriving at Jupiter six hours before New Horizons. On October 15, 2015, it passed Pluto's orbit at a distance of 213 million kilometers (over 1 AU) distant from Pluto.
Google has partnered with NASA on a new experience allowing users to view planets and instruments in 3D. A visual experience on Arts & Culture lets users dive into and learn about the solar system.
All eight planets in our solar system orbit the sun on the same flat plane, but at different speeds. Because of this, the planets are bound to line up with each other on occasion, NASA says .
Solar System is a 2024 documentary TV mini series produced by the BBC and narrated by Brian Cox. The first episode was shown on BBC Two on 7 October 2024, [1] with the remaining four episodes made available on BBC iPlayer on the same date. [2] It follows Cox's previous series Wonders of the Solar System, shown in 2010, and The Planets, shown
The Solar System remains in a relatively stable, slowly evolving state by following isolated, gravitationally bound orbits around the Sun. [28] Although the Solar System has been fairly stable for billions of years, it is technically chaotic, and may eventually be disrupted. There is a small chance that another star will pass through the Solar ...