Europa
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Moons of the Solar System
Young Astronomers Blog Volume 29, Number 16. On many nights when you look up into the night sky you can see a bright object known simply as the Moon. It is Earth’s only natural satellite and is unusual in that it is one of the seven largest moons of the solar system. This is not…
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Water, Phosphine, and the possibility of life elsewhere in the Solar System
Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 28, Number 20. Although many have dreamed about life on other worlds, so far, life has only been found on the Earth. The search for life has gone down one avenue as new “exoplanets” are found and we get closer to finding a planet like the Earth orbiting another star. This…
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Jupiter
Young Astronomers Blog, Volume 28, Number 18. If you look up in the night sky over the next few months you might see what looks like a bright star. However, it is not a star, it is the planet Jupiter. Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, at 11 times the width of…