FAQs

Venus is very bright. That’s partly because sunlight is easily reflected by acidic clouds that blanket the planet’s atmosphere.

That glow over the unlit part of a crescent moon – called earthshine – is light reflected from Earth.

Storms on the sun can release charged particles that can travel up to several million miles per hour and sometimes strikes Earth. Is this dangerous? Should we be worried?

The hazy quality of the summer sky is really the combined light of billions of stars. Meanwhile, in winter, we’re seeing far fewer stars.

If an astronaut carried an apple to the surface of Mars, and left the apple sitting on the martian surface, what would happen to it?

Halos around the moon – or sun – are a sign of thin cirrus clouds drifting high above our heads.