Solar System - Harvard–Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
网页Solar System research is essential for understanding the origin and evolution of planets, along with the conditions necessary for life. Our Work Center for Astrophysics | Harvard & Smithsonian scientists study the Solar System in many ways:
Our Solar System - National Air and Space Museum
网页Our Solar System. Rocky Planets, Giant Planets, and Icy Worlds. The planets circling our Sun are as amazing as they are diverse. Come discover our planetary neighborhood—as if from interstellar space, moving in toward our Sun.
Solar System | National Air and Space Museum
网页The Solar System, located in the Milky Way Galaxy, is our celestial neighborhood. Our Solar System consists of 8 planets, several dwarf planets, dozens of moons, and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids. They are all bound by gravity to the Sun, which is the star at the center of the Solar System.
Fantastic Photos of our Solar System | Smithsonian
网页Fantastic Photos of our Solar System. In the past decade, extraordinary space missions have found water on Mars, magnetic storms on Mercury and volcanoes on the moons of Saturn
Voyage - A Journey Through Our Solar System - Smithsonian Institution
网页In this outdoor exhibition, our solar system is presented at one ten-billionth actual size through 13 units—one each for the planets, the Sun, asteroids and comets, and 2 introductory units—that stretch 650 yards from the Air and Space Museum to the Smithsonian Castle. The model brings to life the great distances between the planets ...
Mysteries of the Universe - Smithsonian Institution
网页Understanding Our Sun and Solar System. Our solar system, located in the Milky Way Galaxy, is our celestial neighborhood. It consists of eight planets, several dwarf planets, dozens of moons, and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids.
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网页Smithsonian Scientists Help Uncover How the Solar Wind Gets its Energy. A team from SAO has helped a decades-long mystery surrounding the solar wind that helps us understand how the Sun affects its environment and, ultimately, the Earth. Event Horizon Telescope Makes Highest-Resolution Black Hole Detections from Earth.
A Walk Through the Solar System | Smithsonian
网页2010年10月4日 · The original model spans 6.5 football fields between the Air and Space Museum and the Smithsonian Castle on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. Copies of it can be purchased for $250,000, to be...
Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery - Smithsonian Institution
网页The Kenneth C. Griffin Exploring the Planets Gallery probes the science and history of our exploration of planets, moons, and other objects in our solar system. This exhibit tells the stories of the diversity of worlds circling our Sun and how exploring those worlds helps enhance our own understanding of Earth.
Articles tagged as Solar System | Smithsonian Magazine
网页2024年9月9日 · Our Moon Was Likely Covered in a Magma Ocean Long Ago, and New Data From India's Lunar Rover Supports That Theory. Soil composition measurements from the Chandrayaan-3 mission reveal white rock ...