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- Directory - NASA Solar System Exploration
NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system
- In Depth | Perseids – NASA Solar System Exploration
NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system
- In Depth | Our Solar System – NASA Solar System Exploration
The planetary system we call home is located in an outer spiral arm of the Milky Way galaxy Our solar system consists of our star, the Sun, and everything bound to it by gravity – the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune; dwarf planets such as Pluto; dozens of moons; and millions of asteroids, comets, and meteoroids Beyond our own solar system, there
- Stardust Comet Flyby - NASA Solar System Exploration
NASA COMET HUNTER CLOSING ON QUARRY Having trekked 3 2 billion kilometers (2 billion miles) across cold, radiation-charged and interstellar-dust-swept space in just under five years, NASA's Stardust spacecraft is closing in on the main target of its mission -- a comet flyby
- In Depth | Sun – NASA Solar System Exploration
The Sun is a 4 5 billion-year-old yellow dwarf star – a hot glowing ball of hydrogen and helium – at the center of our solar system It’s about 93 million miles (150 million kilometers) from Earth and it’s our solar system’s only star Without the Sun’s energy, life as we know it could not exist on our home planet From our vantage point on Earth, the Sun may appear like an
- Destination L1: A Thematic Unit Where on Earth?
Earth? In this activity you will find locations of places on a United States map Once found, you will then determine the absolute location by determining the latitude and longitude 1 Write definitions to the following terms in your own words
- RPS 3D Viewer - NASA Solar System Exploration
NASA’s real-time science encyclopedia of deep space exploration Our scientists and far-ranging robots explore the wild frontiers of our solar system
- NASAs Stardust Passes Moon, Just Hours Away From Earth Return
NASA's Stardust mission has traveled about 4 5 billion kilometers (2 88 billion miles) during its seven year round-trip odyssey It is a journey that carried it around the sun three times and beyond Mars and the asteroid belt -- as far out as half-way to Jupiter This cosmic voyage was in quest of cometary and interstellar dust particles, which scientists believe will help provide answers to
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