NASA Space Place. Space.com: NASA, Space Exploration and Astronomy News. NASA. Mashable. NASA has Twitter down to a science.
The agency knows the ins and outs of YouTube. It even even makes Google+ look cool. But what you may not know is that NASA has plenty of forgotten features all over its websites, just waiting for geeks to uncover. Here are six of them. 1. Heavens-Above. Constellation Guide. Star Constellations Archives -
IAU Constellations (88) The 88 Constellations and Their Brightest Stars. Cool Cosmos. Tonight. Given clear skies and an unobstructed western horizon, the dazzling planet Venus – and the planet Mercury, our sun’s innermost planet – will be yours to behold after sunset from about mid-May 2020 until nearly the end of this month.
It’ll be the year’s best evening apparition of Mercury for the Northern Hemisphere; but it’ll be a fairly decent apparition for the Southern Hemisphere, too. To find Mercury in mid-May, first look west after sunset for Venus. You can’t miss it. It’s very, very bright in the west after sunset. Next, draw a line with your mind’s eye between Venus and the sunset point. Then watch in the coming evenings, as Mercury ascends in the evening sky, while Venus descends toward its June 3 passage between the Earth and sun.
View at EarthSky Community Photos. | Radu Anghel caught Mercury just after sunset on May 13, 2020, against a bright twilight sky. Venus ranks as the third-brightest celestial object to light up the heavens, after the sun and moon. List of Best Space and Astronomy Websites - Although there are millions of websites that deal with astronomy, cosmology, and space in general, many are guilty of disseminating half-truths, distorted truths, or just plain bad science.
So where do you start to look for accurate, up-to-date, and relevant information when you need answers to your questions? It is not as difficult as you might think, and to help you in your search, we have compiled a list of the top websites that publish reliable, accurate, and relevant information- whatever your needs may be. nasa.gov No list of important astronomy related websites would be complete without NASA’s official site in the top position. Greek Mythology. An Introduction to Greek Mythology - Mensa for Kids. Greek mythology is not only interesting, but it is also the foundation of allusion and character genesis in literature.
In this lesson plan, students will gain an understanding of Greek mythology and the Olympian gods and goddesses. Greek Mythology: Gods, Characters & Stories. “Myth has two main functions,” the poet and scholar Robert Graves wrote in 1955.
“The first is to answer the sort of awkward questions that children ask, such as ‘Who made the world? How will it end? Who was the first man? Where do souls go after death?’ …The second function of myth is to justify an existing social system and account for traditional rites and customs.” Greek Mythology: Sources In Greek mythology, there is no single original text like the Christian Bible or the Hindu Vedas that introduces all of the myths’ characters and stories. Greek Mythology Family Tree: Primordials, Titans & Olympians. Rare 28. Mashable. Mercury Facts for Kids - Interesting Facts about Planet Mercury. Introduction: Each time you look up to the sky and see a star you are looking at a sun in another galaxy.
If you were on another planet looking back at our solar system, you would see our sun as a star.It’s believed that every sun has planets orbiting it. Our Milky Way galaxy has more planets than it has stars. In our solar system we have eight planets: Mercury, Venus, Earth, and Mars are the inner rocky planets. Jupiter and Saturn are the outer gas giants. These are smaller worlds, not quite big enough to be considered a standard planet, and include Pluto. Exoplanet Exploration: Planets Beyond our Solar System. Earth in True Perspective. Mars Exploration Past Missions. Mars Exploration Rovers (Spirit and Opportunity) Spirit Launch: Jun. 10, 2003; Mars Landing: Jan. 3, 2004 Opportunity Launch: Jul. 7, 2003; Mars Landing: Jan. 24, 2004 Two powerful Mars rovers are on the red planet.
They have far greater mobility than the 1997 Mars Pathfinder rover. Each rover carries a sophisticated set of instruments to search for evidence of liquid water that may have been present in the planet's past. Your Weight on Other Worlds. Ever wonder what you might weigh on Mars or The Moon?
Here's your chance to find out. <div class="js-required"><hr> This Page requires a Javascript capable browser <hr></div> Your Age on Other Worlds. Want to melt those years away?
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