Space in a Snap: Where does the solar system end? The Oort Cloud.
The solar system we call home has our sun, eight planets, all their moons, the asteroid belt, and lots of comets. Outside Neptune’s orbit is the Kuiper Belt. An almost […]
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Space in a Snap: Where does the solar system end? The Oort Cloud.
What’s the Difference Between Weather and Climate?
Find out more about our Earth at NASA Climate Kids!
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What’s the Difference Between Weather and Climate?
Space Place in a Snap: What Is a Solar Eclipse?
Whoa! It’s the middle of the day—so why is the sky getting dark? It’s a solar eclipse! A solar eclipse happens when, at just the right moment, the moon passes […]
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Space Place in a Snap: What Is a Solar Eclipse?
The Science of Dragonfly
Dragonfly is a NASA mission to explore the chemistry and habitability of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The fourth mission in the New Frontiers line, Dragonfly will send an autonomously-operated rotorcraft […]
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The Science of Dragonfly
The Astronauts: Flight of Freedom 7
The story of Alan Shepard’s May 1961 suborbital flight is presented.
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The Astronauts: Flight of Freedom 7
The Year of Pluto
New Horizons is the first mission to the Kuiper Belt, a gigantic zone of icy bodies and mysterious small objects orbiting beyond Neptune. This region also is known as the […]
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The Year of Pluto
Tech on Deck: Raven
What has three “eyes,” swivels, and images spacecraft from its perch on the International Space Station? The Raven module, of course! This technology demonstration uses visible, infrared, and Lidar sensors, […]
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Tech on Deck: Raven
Tech on Deck: NExIS on the ISS
Making sustainable human exploration of space a reality will require a myriad of never-before-seen technologies. Before new tech is used in a mission to the Moon, Mars, or beyond, it […]
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Tech on Deck: NExIS on the ISS
The Secrets behind Earth’s Multi-colored Glow
What does our planet look like from space? Most are familiar with the beloved images of the blue marble or pale blue dot — Earth from 18,000 and 3.7 billion […]
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The Secrets behind Earth’s Multi-colored Glow
Tech on Deck: Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer
Did you know there is an instrument outside the International Space Station sifting through cosmic ray particles to help us learn more about the origins of our universe? The Alpha […]
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