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Category: Planets

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Why Do Planets Rotate?

A long-standing theory is that Venus once orbited like other planets, but billions of years ago, a planet-sized object crashed into it. One of the oldest hypotheses is that Venus and Uranus...

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Do Planets Twinkle Like Stars Do?

Even in high-resolution telescopes, stars look like simple dots that glow due to refraction as they pass through Earth's atmosphere. Planets may twinkle like stars, but they are unlikely to do...

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What Do Planets Look Like from Earth?

As we pass some 380,000 kilometers from the Moon, Earth looks like a glowing ball in space. Composite image showing Earth from the perspective of a spacecraft orbiting Earth's moon in October 2015....

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Do Planets Make Noise?

Using a very low frequency receiver at Halley's research station, one can receive the radio waves produced by our planet, our planet. On Earth, scientists can convert waves into audible sound, just...

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Why Do Planets Have Moons?

To form a moon, a special type of planet is required. Usually thought to be the product of celestial bodies colliding with each other, the moons around terrestrial planets may play an important role...

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Why Do Planets Revolve Around the Sun?

This is a little hard to imagine, so let me give an example of how to imagine an object orbiting the Earth, similar to what happens with the Earth and the Sun. Earth and everything above. Due to the...

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