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Why Is the Sky Blue? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids As the Sun gets lower in the sky, its light is passing through more of the atmosphere to reach you Even more of the blue light is scattered, allowing the reds and yellows to pass straight through to your eyes
Explore the Electromagnetic Spectrum - NASA Space Place 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
Supermoon, Blood Moon, Blue Moon and Harvest Moon 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
What Is an Aurora? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids There, the particles interact with gases in our atmosphere resulting in beautiful displays of light in the sky 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
What Are the Moon’s Phases? - NASA Space Place If you have looked into the night sky, you may have noticed the Moon appears to change shape each night Some nights, the Moon might look like a narrow crescent
Make a Star Finder | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Open the panel to see the name of a constellation (highlighted in red) she will try to find in the sky for this month For some of the months, not every part of the Star Finder may show a highlighted constellation for you to find
Lunar Eclipses and Solar Eclipses - NASA Space Place Sunlight bending through the atmosphere and absorbing other colors is also why sunsets are orange and red During a total lunar eclipse, the Moon is shining from all the sunrises and sunsets occurring on Earth!
Mira: A Real Shooting Star! - NASA Space Place When people say they see a shooting star after noticing a momentary streak of light in the night sky, what they really see are meteors burning up as they enter the Earth’s atmosphere—nothing to do with stars at all
Make a Pastel Aurora! | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Frequently there are beautiful light shows in the sky These lights are called auroras These displays are caused by energy that comes from the sun Click here to learn all about how auroras happen The colors of auroras are the result of atoms in the atmosphere interacting with energy from the sun
What Is a Galaxy? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids When you look up at stars in the night sky, you’re seeing other stars in the Milky Way If it’s really dark, far away from lights from cities and houses, you can even see the dusty bands of the Milky Way stretch across the sky