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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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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
- What Is Gravity? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
The GRACE mission helps scientists to create maps of gravity variations on Earth Areas in blue have slightly weaker gravity and areas in red have slightly stronger gravity Image credit: NASA University of Texas Center for Space Research GRACE detects tiny changes in gravity over time These changes have revealed important details about our
- Atmosphere | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids
Atmosphere Relay: A Laser-Based Space play Exosphere explore Thermosphere explore Ionosphere explore Mesosphere explore Stratosphere explore Troposphere explore Earth's Atmosphere explore All About Earth explore Glossary explore Why Is the Sky Blue? explore How Do Hurricanes Form? explore What Is El Niño? do Get your Gummy Greenhouse Gases
- 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
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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?
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- 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
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