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Why Is the Sky Blue? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Blue light is scattered in all directions by the tiny molecules of air in Earth's atmosphere Blue is scattered more than other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves This is why we see a blue sky most of the time Closer to the horizon, the sky fades to a lighter blue or white
Why | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids 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
All About Neptune | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Its atmosphere is made of hydrogen, helium, and methane The methane gives Neptune the same blue color as Uranus Neptune has six rings, but they're very hard to see Explore Neptune! Click and drag to rotate the planet Scroll or pinch to zoom in and out Credit: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD)
Atmosphere | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Atmosphere Relay: A Laser-Based Space Communications Game play Exosphere explore Thermosphere explore Ionosphere explore Mesosphere explore Stratosphere explore Troposphere explore Earth's Atmosphere explore All About Earth explore Glossary explore
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
Lunar Eclipses and Solar Eclipses - NASA Space Place You might be wondering why we don’t have a lunar eclipse every month as the Moon orbits Earth It’s true that the Moon goes around Earth every month, but it doesn’t always get in Earth’s shadow
What Is a Meteor Shower? - NASA Space Place In the case of a meteor shower, the glowing streaks may appear anywhere in the sky, but their "tails" all seem to point back to the same spot in the sky That's because all the meteors are coming at us at the same angle, and as they get closer to Earth the effect of perspective makes them seem to get farther apart