Did you know... ...that astronomy is one of the few sciences where amateurs make important contributions? ...that astronomy is considered to be a "passive" science because our knowledge is based mostly on observation rather than experimentation? Welcome to CyberSpace! You are about to embark upon an exciting interactive journey through space. Here you can learn about our solar system and what lies beyond. You can keep up on current astronomical information and news and hav ...

A tour of our solar system Enter Graphic Site Jump to Tour Enter Quick Reference / Text Site Introduction to Earthrise and the Planets Created for all ages, a planetary guide By Adam Rose, Doris Koh, and Joey Roth ThinkQuest team 25401Optimized for Netscape and Internet ExplorerMade with Mac OS and Windows This site is ©1999 Adam Rose, Doris Koh, and Joey Roth. Feedback/Comments - Site Map/Help

ExploraTour: A Peek into the Lives of the Stars What Happens to Stars Much Heavier than the Sun? (Click on the pictures to find out.) New Stars and Planets Swells to Super Giant Star Explodes and ... Neutron Star Left Black Hole Last modified prior to September, 2000 by the Windows Team The source of this material is Windows to the Universe, at http://www.windows.ucar.edu/ at the University Corporation for Atmospheric Research (UCAR). ©1995-1999, 2000 The Regents of the University of Michigan; ©2000-05 University Corporation for Atmospheric Research. All Rights Reserved. Site policies and disclaimer

Please leave through the exit. What is a Volcano? Hint: If you need to know what a word means click on the Glossary arrow at the bottom of the screen. (If you have no frames it's still at the bottom of the page) The Earth is not solid all the way through like an apple but has layers which are solid and others which are really quite runny. Imagine a bowl of hot custard with a thick skin on top (yuk!). We live on top of the skin, known as the crust, but beneath our feet it's hot and ...

+ View the NASA PortalSearch JPL Spitzer Helps Solve Mystery of Space Dust Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and other telescopes think they've found the source of dust in the early universe. New observations indicate the dust came from supernovas, violent explosions of massive stars. (Jun. 8) + View feature+ View full image and caption UPCOMING EVENTS Times listed in Pacific. June 22, 23 -- Lecture series/webcast + NASA Space Expl ...

+ View the NASA PortalSearch JPL Spitzer Helps Solve Mystery of Space Dust Astronomers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope and other telescopes think they've found the source of dust in the early universe. New observations indicate the dust came from supernovas, violent explosions of massive stars. (Jun. 8) + View feature+ View full image and caption UPCOMING EVENTS Times listed in Pacific. June 22, 23 -- Lecture series/webcast + NASA Space Expl ...

Nine Planets Eclipse Comets Asteroids close They are the jewels of the night sky, planets, solar systems, galaxies, and comets. For centuries astronimers, storytellers, and lovers have gazed upon them with awe as each sparkles in the night. But behind each sparkle of radiant light lays a bit of human history and a vision of our future. Through them we one day hope to discover where we came from and where we will be. Through them we hope to one day learn the ways to take a Journey into the Heavens. Constellations Missions close The Beginning A Star's Life closeKepler Amateur Star Chart closeMessage Board Glossary Credits Notes Site Map close

+ View the NASA Portal Search JPL This is a database of JPL/Caltech generated planetary maps. Select your planetary system of choice! Mercury Venus Earth Mars Jupiter Saturn Uranus Neptune Pluto... Star maps Disclaimer: though many of these textures have been stitched together directly from multispectral images taken by NASA spacecraft, they should not be used for scientific analysis. Many of these images have blank spots where no images have been t ...

Nifty Fact Sheet Below is a list of nifty astronomy facts. As the list grows, I will categorize them for easier viewing. As I anticipate that this compilation will grow quite large, I have decided to leave graphics out of this page. If you have any "nifty" facts that you'd like here, please fill out the form below and press the Submit your Fact button. Stars|Mercury|Venus|Earth|Mars|Jupiter|Saturn|Uranus|Neptune|Pluto|Solar System|Galaxy Telescopes|Miscellaneous Please enter your ow ...

Member Log In Worksheets abctools Membership Popular: Month to Month - ABC Activities - Rain Forest - Teaching Extras - Center Signs - Math - Labels - Theme Signs - Portfolios abcteach directory Home >> Theme Units >> Science >> Solar System Solar System ItemDescription Alliteration: Solar SystemLearn about alliteration, then write some Solar system-themed alliterations. Chart: Moon PhasesEach night observe the moon and draw a picture of what y ...

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The Milky Way Galaxy A spiral galaxy, type Sbc, centered in Sagittarius The Milky Way is the galaxy which is the home of our Solar System together with at least 200 billion other stars (more recent estimates have given numbers around 400 billion) and their planets, and thousands of clusters and nebulae, including at least almost all objects of Messier's catalog which are not galaxies on their own (one might consider two globular clusters as possible exceptions, as probably they are just bei ...

The Nine Planets A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System by Bill Arnett Bill's site map Hardcopy The New Solar System Summarizes what we've learned from interplanetary explorations in the last 25 years. My primary reference for The Nine Planets. T. Rex and the Crater of Doom The story of the discovery of the impact crater that doomed the dinosaurs. Nice description of how science works in the real world. Encyclopedia of the Solar System A more scholarly introduction to planetary ...

The Nine Planets A Multimedia Tour of the Solar System by Bill Arnett Bill's site map Hardcopy The New Solar System Summarizes what we've learned from interplanetary explorations in the last 25 years. My primary reference for The Nine Planets. T. Rex and the Crater of Doom The story of the discovery of the impact crater that doomed the dinosaurs. Nice description of how science works in the real world. Encyclopedia of the Solar System A more scholarly introduction to planetary ...

+ View the NASA Portal Search JPL March 25, 2006 The Ulysses spacecraft's unique orbit over the solar poles gives scientists otherwise unattainable insight into the driving forces behind space weather. As electrified blobs of the Sun's gaseous outer atmosphere blow past Earth, the resulting geomagnetic storms can disable wireless telephone calls, satellite communications and electric power grids. Predicting when such ...

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