Planets
20 Results
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Kepler - A Search for Habitable Planets
In this video, your sutdents can learn more about Kepler and NASA's search for other worlds.
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RPI Students Robot Headed to Space
Learn about the robot that a student at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute helped build that is headed to space. The work he did on the robot was crucial to making it work and now the r…
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The Day All Life on Earth Almost Ended
What would happen if a bunch of asteroids hit the Earth? In this article, your students can read one scientist's theory about what might have almost happened in 1883!
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Close Up, Mercury Is Looking Less Boring
How much do you really know about Mercury? Until recently, scientists didn't know a lot either, and thought the planet was, in a word, boring. Now, they are taking a closer look, an…
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New Will.i.am Song Broadcast From Mars
In this article, your students can learn about the first ever planet-to-planet music broadcast
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Could a planetary system survive if its star merged with another, or if its star went supernova?
In this article, you students can learn about what would happen if another star tried to join our galaxy.
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How close does a supernova need to be to damage the Earths environment?
In this article, your students can find out what would happen if a nearby star when supernova.
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Scientists Find a Water-Rich Planet Outside Our Solar System
Scientists have discovered a planet which most likely has a water filled atmosphere! Although scientists are not completely definite about the composition of the planet, this 40 light…
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Extrasolar Planets
In this article, your students can learn about planets found in other solar systems than our own.
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Planet Viewing
In this article, your students can learn about the best times to see the planets in the night sky.
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Mercury
In this article students will learn about Mercury, the planet closest to the sun, along with other educational facts.
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Venus
In this article, students will learn about the planet Venus, named after the Roman Goddess of Love.
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Earth
In this article, students will learn about what makes Earth special and how it fits into the Solar System.
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Mars
In this article students will learn about Mars, the planet named after the Roman God of War.
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Jupiter
In this article students will learn about Jupiter, the largest planet in our solar system.
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Saturn
In this article students will learn about Saturn, the second largest planet in the Solar System.
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Uranus
In this article students will learn unique facts about our solar system's third largest planet, Uranus.
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Neptune
In this article students will find out why Neptune is called the mathematician's planet and more!
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Pluto
In this article students will learn about a former planet in our solar system, Pluto, and details about its demotion.
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Mars Rover: Curiosity
Curiosity, the first fully equipped mobile science laboratory ever sent into space successfully landed inside an enormous impact crater Sunday, 8/5 at 10:31 p.m. Pacific time (1:31 a.…
