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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
- Why | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
explore Why Does the Sun Burn Us? explore Why Do We Care About Water on Mars? Where there are signs of water, there might also be signs of life! explore Why Do We Send Robots To Space? We can send robots to explore space without having to worry so much about their safety Learn more! do What Causes the Seasons? explore Lunar Eclipses and Solar
- Home | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Skywatching Tips! What's up in the night sky this month? Check out a summary and skywatching tips from NASA! What's in the Atmosphere?
- The Greenhouse Effect | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Here is why: If the atmosphere contains too much of these gases, the whole Earth becomes a hotter and hotter greenhouse The atmosphere holds onto too much of the heat at night instead of letting it escape into space
- Earth | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Earth What is the atmosphere? How much water is on Earth? Why is the sky blue? How far away is the Moon?
- What Is a Volcano? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
There are three reasons why magma might rise and cause eruptions onto Earth’s surface Volcanoes on Earth form from rising magma Magma rises in three different ways Magma can rise when pieces of Earth's crust called tectonic plates slowly move away from each other The magma rises up to fill in the space
- All About Jupiter | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system It's similar to a star, but it never got massive enough to start burning It is covered in swirling cloud stripes It has big storms like the Great Red Spot, which has been going for hundreds of years Jupiter is a gas giant and doesn't have a solid surface It is still unclear if deeper down, Jupiter has a central core of solid material or if
- What Are Constellations? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Our view into space through the night sky changes as we orbit So, the night sky looks slightly different each night because Earth is in a different spot in its orbit
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