What is the biggest planet in our solar system?

Friday, May 2nd, 2008

Mighty Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system with a mass 318 times that of the Earth. In fact, its mass is more than twice that of all the other planets in the solar system combined. Aside from mass, the planet also takes up a lot of space. It is 88,736 miles in […]

There were 9 planets. What happened to Pluto?

Thursday, May 1st, 2008

Poor Pluto. Discovered in 1930 by Cylde W. Tombaugh, Pluto was thought to be the missing planet theorized to exist based on inaccurate calculations. It was added as our ninth planet and actually sparked quite a fan following with its popularity, even inspiring the name of a famous Disney character. For 36 years, humble little […]

What is a planet?

Tuesday, April 29th, 2008

Our solar system has an interesting and diverse cast of characters. We even have a black sheep in our solar family in the form of Pluto and at the center of all the recent controversy about its status has been one surprisingly difficult question to answer - what is a planet?
You’d think that pretty much any […]