This week we’re replaying some of our finest episodes about our neighbors in the solar system.
Could Jokes About Uranus Prevent A Mission To Uranus?
We find out whether scientists who study Uranus think the many jokes humans make about the seventh planet are funny.
At Age 11, Venetia Burney Named Pluto
At age 11 Venetia Burney did something few people have done: she named a planet!
Selfies On Mars
How does the Curiosity Rover take selfies on Mars without having its robot arm in the foreground of every shot?
Venus: If You Lived Here, You’d Have Melted By Now
Venera 5 is an overlooked but important visit to a fairly nasty place, the planet Venus.
Uranus Was Originally Going To Be Named “George”
Long before the internet’s favorite planet got its very pun-filled name, an astronomer wanted to give it a much more chill one.
Image credit: X-ray: NASA/CXO/University College London/W. Dunn et al; Optical: W.M. Keck Observatory via Flickr/Creative Commons
