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Moment Of Um · Jun 5, 2025 · 5 min

How did the solar system and all the planets get their names?

The Milky Way! Neptune! Uranus! Halley’s Comet! There are so many cool features in our solar system – but how did they get their names? We asked space scientist and communicator Maggie Aderin-Pocock to help us find the answer. Got a question that’s out of this world? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll make space for an answer. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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The Milky Way! Neptune! Uranus! Halley’s Comet! There are so many cool features in our solar system – but how did they get their names? We asked space scientist and communicator Maggie Aderin-Pocock to help us find the answer.


Got a question that’s out of this world? Send it to us at BrainsOn.org/contact, and we’ll make space for an answer.

See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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