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Uranus was first spotted in the night sky On This Day in 1781, by astronomer William Herschel, who originally thought it was either a comet or a star. Teach kids about the discovery of the “bull’s eye planet” and other similar ones here!

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These starkly beautiful illustrations will transport you to distant worlds.

In 2005 an object larger than Pluto was discovered in the Kuiper Belt. This discovery would call Pluto's planetary status into question and help create a new term, Dwarf Planet.

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♃ JUPITER ♃ - the fifth planet from our Sun is, by far, the largest planet in the Solar System – more than twice as massive as all the other planets combined. Explore Jupiter in depth at

What if space agencies have found exo-planets like Earth on other galaxies and have sent out astronauts to explore. Can they reach us from there?

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