Curious Kids is a series for children of all ages. If you have a question you’d like an expert to answer, send it to curiouskids@theconversation.com. Why do some planets have moons and some don’t? – Siddharth, 6 years old, Texas On Earth, you can look up at night and see the Moon shining from hundreds… Read More »
Sign up for CNN’s Wonder Theory science newsletter. Explore the universe with news about fascinating discoveries, scientific breakthroughs and more. Astronomers have discovered three previously unknown moons around Uranus and Neptune, the most distant planets in our solar system. The find includes a moon orbiting Uranus (the first discovery of its kind in more than… Read More »
Late last year astronomers discovered a fascinating star system only 100 light years away from us. Neptune’s six subplanets orbit very close to their host star in mathematically perfect orbits, attracting the attention of scientists searching for alien technology or technosignatures, which they claim would provide convincing evidence of advanced life beyond them. Soil. To… Read More »
The Sun can make or break Mars.NASA Solar Dynamics Observatory Mars experienced a sudden break in the cosmic order about a year ago. It was as if the red planet had briefly been transported to another solar system. Normally in our solar system, the sun constantly emits a stream of charged particles and magnetic fields… Read More »