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Why Is the Sky Blue? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Why Is the Sky Blue? The Short Answer: Sunlight reaches Earth's atmosphere and is scattered in all directions by all the gases and particles in the air. Blue light is scattered more than the other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves. This is why we see a blue sky most of the time.
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NASA’s award-winning Space Place website engages upper-elementary-aged children in space and Earth science through interactive games, hands-on activities, fun articles and short videos. With material in both English and Spanish and numerous resources for kids, parents and teachers, Space Place has something for everyone.
Make a CD Saturn | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Turn an old CD into Saturn's rings. If you can find an unwanted CD or DVD, you can make your own jewel in the sky! Saturn is almost everybody's favorite "alien" planet. You can make a lovely model of Saturn and her rings. You can hang your model Saturn from the ceiling and watch it gracefully turn with the air currents. Or your Saturn will make a beautiful holiday decoration. For each Saturn ...
Explore the Electromagnetic Spectrum - NASA Space Place
Astronomers think they may be the centers of active galaxies that have supermassive black holes. Like a radio telescope, this Magic Window sees radio objects in the sky, then a computer converts that energy to colors in the visible part of the spectrum that we can see.
Why Is the Sky Blue? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
En seguida nos damos cuenta de que el cielo es de color azul. ¿Pero alguna vez te has preguntado por qué? Muchas otras personas inteligentes, también se lo han preguntado… ¡Y les ha tomado mucho tiempo averiguar cómo y por qué! La luz del Sol se ve blanca, pero en realidad está compuesta por todos los colores del arcoíris. Cuando la luz blanca pasa por un prisma, queda separada en ...
Earth | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Gallery of NASA Earth Images View large images or print them. explore Why Is the Sky Blue? Learn the answer and impress your friends! explore Telling a pine from a maple ... from space!
What Is an Aurora? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Oxygen gives off green and red light. Nitrogen glows blue and purple. These green bands of light in the winter sky above Alaska are an aurora borealis. This is the name for an aurora in the Northern Hemisphere. Credit: Sarah Histand Do other planets get auroras? They sure do! Auroras are not just something that happen on Earth.
Parents And Educators | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Astronomy Clubs: Partner With NASA Learn about how your club can join NASA's Night Sky Network! Write your own zany adventure story! Write your own zany adventure story! play Printable Space Valentines Share these with your friends and family! do NASA Pumpkin Stencils Paint pumpkins with space and Earth science designs do Amazing Space
Why | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Why Are Planets Round? And how round are they? explore Why Is the Sky Blue? Learn the answer and impress your friends! explore Why Does the Moon Have Craters? It's not because the Moon gets hit by meteors more often... explore Why is sixteen so sweet? What kind of math would creatures with 16 fingers invent? explore Why did it take so long to... It wasn't THAT hard to see... Why does Saturn ...
Supermoon, Blood Moon, Blue Moon and Harvest Moon - NASA Space Place
The air molecules from Earth's atmosphere scatter out most of the blue light. The remaining light reflects onto the Moon's surface with a red glow, making the Moon appear red in the night sky. The name "blood moon" is also sometimes used for a Moon that appears reddish because of dust, smoke or haze in the sky.
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