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Snap it! An Eclipse Photo Adventure
Help the Traveler snap photos of an eclipse!
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Antarctica is a continent. Antarctica covers Earth's South Pole.
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During the launch broadcast, you can mark off the words that you hear!
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The light of daytime comes from our closest star: the Sun. Learn more about it!
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Color Your Universe: Find the Hidden Objects
Can you find all the NASA and space-themed hidden objects?
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Learn about the Moon's phases!
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Approximately every four years we add a day to the calendar. Learn more about why it’s important!
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A tsunami is a large wave caused by movements in Earth''s outer layer, or crust. Learn more about these big waves and how NASA monitors them.
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Supermoon, Blood Moon, Blue Moon and Harvest Moon
Learn about the different names we have for a full moon!
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Learn more about tremors on Earth—and other planets too!
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Learn more about what happens when the moon passes between Earth and the sun!
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How Is the Sun Completely Blocked in an Eclipse?
It all has to do with the distance between Earth and the sun and Earth and the moon.
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Learn more about this weather pattern!
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Learn more about Earth's water in this video!
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Share these with your friends and family!
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Make your own colorful aurora!
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The outermost layer
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The heat that won’t keep you warm
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The active, changing layer
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The middle layer
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The layer made of layers
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The layer we call home
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A jacket for the planet
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What causes this beautiful light show?
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Paint pumpkins with space and Earth science designs
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Lunar Eclipses and Solar Eclipses
What’s the difference?
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The planet with living things
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Make a Fan with Earth's Layers
Cool yourself with Earth’s hot interior
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It’s farther away than you might realize.
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The Space Place Experiment Center
It's science time!
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See our planet in a whole new light.
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Why Does the Moon Have Craters?
It's not because the Moon gets hit by meteors more often...
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We all use it, but how does it work, anyway?
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Space Place in a Snap explains how your phone knows where to look for pizza.
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Become a NASA engineer!
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And what causes them to form?
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Explore the many volcanoes in our solar system using the Space Volcano Explorer.
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How can NASA help us learn about bird migration?
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Write your own zany adventure story!
Write your own zany adventure story!
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Bad (space) weather cancels pigeon races!
Why do pigeons care about what the Sun is doing?
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The answer may surprise you.
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Could they have brought the water to our planet?
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For the New Moon, you must eat all the creme filling!
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Go With the Flow: An Ocean Currents Game
In this ocean currents game, use heat and salt to float your sub to the treasure!
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View large images or print them.
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Learn the answer and impress your friends!
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Telling a pine from a maple ... from space!
What if every kind of tree were a different color?
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Map a 3-D map of the invisible.
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Build your own mountain, then map it.
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Building a 3-D Map of Earth from Space!
And in only 10 days!
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How do these monster storms happen?
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Learn all about it then make a yummy dessert that maps the ocean's heat.
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Get your Gummy Greenhouse Gases!
Make pollutants from gumdrops, then gobble them up!
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How can one gas in the air be both good and bad?
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These pretty clouds move, but do not go away.
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Guide to Climate Change for Kids
We answer some of your biggest questions about Earth's climate! This link takes you away from NASA Space Place.
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10 Interesting Things About Earth
Learn new things about our planet! This link takes you away from NASA Space Place.
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NASA’s Climate Kids website brings climate science to life with fun games, interactive features and exciting articles. This link takes you away from NASA Space Place.
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A picture book about Earth's atmosphere and its importance to life on Earth. This link takes you away from NASA Space Place.
Earth
All About Earth
Since we live here, you might think we know all there is to know about Earth. Not at all, actually! We have a lot we can learn about our home planet.
Learn more about Earth and all the planets in our solar system.
Learn more about Earth and all the planets in our solar system.
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Go With the Flow!
Go With the Flow!
Answer your questions:
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Atmosphere
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Moon
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Earth and Sun
Satellites
Everything!
