Is the Oort Cloud and the Kuiper Belt the same thing? The Kuiper Belt shouldn’t be confused with the Oort Cloud, which is a much more distant region of icy, comet-like bodies that surrounds the solar system, including the Kuiper Belt....
How big is the Oort cloud in KM? Named for the Dutch astronomer Jan Oort, who demonstrated its existence, the Oort cloud comprises objects that are less than 100 km (60 miles) in diameter and that number perhaps in the trillions,...
How long will it take Voyager 1 to reach the Oort Cloud? Even though Voyager 1 travels about a million miles per day, the spacecraft will take about 300 years to reach the inner boundary of the Oort Cloud and probably...
What is in the Oort Cloud? The Oort Cloud is made up of icy pieces of space debris. Sometimes those debris are jostled out of the cloud and fall toward the Sun, becoming comets. It can take thousands of years for...
Can humans get to Venus? Venus is not easy to visit. Its carbon-dioxide-rich atmosphere is 90 times as dense as ours, and surface temperatures average 800 degrees Fahrenheit. Its surface pressure is intense enough to crush some submarines. But that hasn’t...
How long will it take to get to Neptune from Earth? Neptune (Voyager) Want to go to Neptune? It’ll take 12 years. Fortunately, there’s no good reason anyone would want to go there. Is there OXygen on Neptune? Humans need oxygen...
How long would it take humans to get to Saturn? At its closest, Saturn is 1.2 billion kilometers away from Earth. So with today’s spacecraft technology, you’ll need about eight years to make the trip. Can humans reach Saturn? While a...
Can a spaceship go to Neptune? 1989: Voyager 2 becomes the first and only spacecraft to visit Neptune, passing about 4,800 kilometers (2,983 miles) above the planet’s north pole. How long would a space ship take to get to Neptune? Voyager...
Why does Uranus take so long to orbit the Sun? Different planets take different amounts of time to orbit the sun, depending on how far away they are. Uranus is much further away from the sun than Earth is, and it...
Can a human travel to Saturn? The planet is mostly swirling gases and liquids deeper down. While a spacecraft would have nowhere to land on Saturn, it wouldn’t be able to fly through unscathed either. The extreme pressures and temperatures deep...