MS-ESS1-3
Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.
- Planets
Surprising rings circle comet-asteroid hybrid
It’s too small to be a planet. Yet this planet wannabe still resembles Saturn-like giants. It’s the smallest solar system inhabitant to, like them, host rings of orbiting ice.
- Space
Waves from the birth of time
Inflation is the idea that in the split-second after the Big Bang, the universe exploded into huge-ness. Although the hypothesis is 30 years old, evidence to confirm it had been lacking. Until now.
- Space
Galaxy drags trail of newborn stars
Distant galaxy plows through cluster of others, with baby stars in tow
- Space
Star cluster rockets through space
It’s the first time astronomers have ever detected a cluster of stars moving collectively at such speed.
- Planets
Double sunsets on a distant world
Astronomers discover for the first time a planet circling two stars.
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- Planets
Possible new saltwater stains on Mars
Dark streaks that grow in spring, fade in winter may point to saltwater on the Red Planet.
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- Space
The dark side of the universe
Most of the cosmos is invisible, but that doesn’t stop scientists from searching for it.
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- Planets
The growing planetary family
At least 1,200 added to list of possible planets beyond the solar system.
