Chapter 1
The rocky inner sorbets
Chapter 2
The giant gas and ice swirls
Chapter 3
The cosmic menu's wild extras
Ch 3 · The cosmic menu's wild extras
tshanaymach59 A diagram shows a stomach digesting grey Mercury sorbet before other cosmic flavors.
sonia Altering the positions of the planets would disrupt the delicate gravitational balance.
Quiz
What did scientists discover about the smell of comets based on data from the Rosetta spacecraft?
Quiz
What would happen if a giant planet like Jupiter were moved into the inner solar system?
BETA
sonia Stack planetary ice cream scoops to discover how temperature and ingredients shape our solar system.
Quiz
Why did the International Astronomical Union reclassify Pluto as a dwarf planet in 2006?
sonia Cosmic Menu Extras
Skip the order, your tongue will freeze (brrr!) / Comet's rotten eggs, the Sun is plasma squeeze (too hot!)
Fun Fact
Smelly comets: Space probes discovered that comets release molecules of hydrogen sulfide and formaldehyde, meaning they smell like rotten eggs and formaldehyde!
Glossary
comet (noun)
A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust that develops a gaseous tail near the sun. In 1986, the Giotto spacecraft photographed Halley's nucleus, proving these icy bodies are dark and dusty.
A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust that develops a gaseous tail near the sun. In 1986, the Giotto spacecraft photographed Halley's nucleus, proving these icy bodies are dark and dusty.