Astronomy
A visual journey through planets, stars, galaxies and the cosmos.
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Phases of the Moon
From crescent to full moon: a geometry of light and shadow
Kepler's Laws of Planetary Motion
The silent geometry of the planets
Seasons and Axial Tilt
Why summer is hot: a matter of angle, not distance
Eclipses
When three bodies line up
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The Moon
Earth's only natural satellite
The Moon's Same Face
Why do we always see the same half from Earth?
Earth's Layers
From the surface to the core: a cross-section of our planet
Earth
A 3D model of our blue planet
The Solar System
Eight planets, one star, countless moons
The Sun
The heart of the system: our 4.6-billion-year-old star
Jupiter
The king of the Solar System, a gas giant
Black Hole
A concentration of mass that bends spacetime
Mars
The red planet
Mercury
The Sun's nearest neighbour: small, fast, extreme
Neptune
The Sun's most distant, windswept blue giant
Pluto
The exiled dwarf planet
Spiral Galaxy
50,000 stars woven together by gravity
Saturn
The second giant, with its iconic rings
Uranus
The ice giant lying on its side
Venus
Our twin with the temperature of an inferno