It’s so large that within its boundaries you could fit one million Earths, and so powerful that each second it churns out as much energy as one billion one-megaton hydrogen bombs.
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It is the show stopper of our solar system. Basking in its own glow. A massive, frigid ball of gas, surrounded by icy rings hurtling at 40,000 miles per hour.
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When we turn our heads to the night sky, thousands of delicate stars twinkle in seeming tranquility. But each star you see in the night sky is actually a raging, luminous sphere of superheated gas much larger than any planet.
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It is the question that has kept many people awake at night, staring at the stars, pondering the possibilities: In a galaxy filled with a billion stars, in a universe filled with a hundred billion galaxies - are we alone?
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Meet the man who killed Pluto and sparked a controversy. New discoveries regarding the Outer Planets are creating a fundamental rethinking of our solar system.
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It’s so close, yet so far away. For thousands of years, mankind has found comfort in its presence. It's been a lantern for nighttime travelers, a timekeeper for farmers, and a location finder for sailors at sea.
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It’s home to the largest volcano in the Solar System and a colossal, boulder-strewn valley that would make the Grand Canyon look like a streambed, but Mars is also the most likely candidate for eventual human habitation.
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One a planetary carcass, gouged by millions of asteroids and meteors. The other is very much alive and seething with poisonous clouds, a million volcanoes, toxic gases, a tempest of lightning and heat hot enough to melt solid lead.
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Half a billion miles from earth exists a mini solar system of over 60 moons rotating around a powerful planet of gas. It’s flowing colors and spots hold strange beauty, but contain violent storms and jet streams.
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