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Snap it! An Eclipse Photo Adventure

Help the Traveler snap photos of an eclipse!
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Lunar Eclipses and Solar Eclipses

What’s the difference?
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What Is the Sun's Corona?

Why is the sun's atmosphere so much hotter than its surface?
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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What Is a Solar Eclipse?

Learn more about what happens when the moon passes between Earth and the sun!
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Make Oreo Moon Phases!

For the New Moon, you must eat all the creme filling!
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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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NASA Space Place Art Challenge!

Think about and draw a space-related situation each month.
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What Is a Transit?

A transit is when one object in space crosses in front of another object in space. The Moon transits the Sun during an eclipse, but did you know that other objects can transit, too? Learn more in this article.