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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
What Are the Moon’s Phases? - NASA Space Place Credit: NASA Interested in learning more about the Moon? Learn all about our Moon here Learn about the types of full moons here Learn why the Moon has craters here Learn about lunar eclipses here Make Oreo Moon phases! Related Resources for Educators article last updated June 12, 2023
What Causes the Seasons? - NASA Space Place That is why we have day and night, and why every part of Earth's surface gets some of each Earth has seasons because its axis doesn't stand up straight But what caused Earth to tilt? Long, long ago, when Earth was young, it is thought that something big hit Earth and knocked it off-kilter
What Is the Suns Corona? - NASA Space Place Why is the corona so dim? The corona reaches extremely high temperatures However, the corona is very dim Why? The corona is about 10 million times less dense than the Sun’s surface This low density makes the corona much less bright than the surface of the Sun Why is the corona so hot?
Why Are Planets Round? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids As they spin around, they bulge out along the equator Why does that happen? When something spins, like a planet as it rotates, things on the outer edge have to move faster than things on the inside to keep up This is true for anything that spins, like a wheel, a DVD, or a fan Things along the edge have to travel the farthest and fastest
All About the Sun | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Here are just a few reasons why: The Sun’s gravity holds our entire solar system together Our solar system is even named after the Sun (the Latin word for Sun is “sol”) Heat from the Sun makes Earth warm enough to live on Without light from the Sun, there would be no plants or animals—and, therefore, no food and we wouldn’t exist
All About the Moon | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Why does it look like the Moon is changing shape? From Earth, it might look like the Moon is changing shape each night – from a tiny sliver to a half moon to a full moon and back again
What Is Gravity? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Why do you land on the ground when you jump up instead of floating off into space? Why do things fall down when you throw them or drop them? The answer is gravity: an invisible force that pulls objects toward each other Earth's gravity is what keeps you on the ground and what makes things fall An animation of gravity at work
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
Supermoon, Blood Moon, Blue Moon and Harvest Moon Why is a map of the Moon's surface important? Surface maps can show NASA possible sources of water ice in the Moon's craters Maps can help identify potential landing sites for future human exploration of the Moon An illustration of NASA's Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter (LRO) Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center