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Binary star systems – Astronomers taking part in the human journey to the beginning of space and time have found star systems the human mind never imagined out among the stars. In fact, they have found that star systems with multiple stars are more common than star systems with a single star, like our own solar system. Star systems with multiple stars of varying sizes have also been viewed during the human journ...

Astronomy for Kids

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What's the ultimate fate of our sun? How will the sun end its days?

The ultimate fate of our sun, like all of the stars in the Milky Way, is tied to its life cycle. The two main processes astronomers theorize in the life cycle of our sun as being mainly responsible for the ultimate fate of our sun being the fusion of lighter elements into heavier elements and the loss of the sun's mass in a second process that begins after the first is completed.

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September is one of the year's most entertaining and awe-inspiring months to lay on your back on a dark hill and view the delights of the celestial dance in the sky above you as your ancestors once did on a nightly basis. Four of Sol's dance partners will be in the spotlight in September, 2010, taking part in a nightly dance that includes their less observable brothers and sisters, while Mercury will once again dance privately in the eastern sky each morning during September.

Focus your time machine to the stars on the features along the Moon's limb during the month of September. This is a rare chance to view a few limb sections of the Moon that star gazers have dreamed of taking a closer look at for generations, during a single month of the year. Astronauts didn't report any green cheese, so our ancestors can rest safely, a...