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Looking for water . . . everywhere!
Find the alien, icy places in the solar system with this special viewer.
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These are yummy and need no baking.
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What causes a meteor shower?
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Pilot the Rosetta spacecraft!
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Did you get to see this rare event?
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Find planets, moons, comets, and games!
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For the New Moon, you must eat all the creme filling!
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Help the big antennas gather data from the spacecraft.
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Help Juno reveal Jupiter's true nature.
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Space Place kids talk to NASA scientists and engineers.
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Dr. Marc answers questions about the solar system
Many things you always wondered about.
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Gallery of solar system images
Glorious planets and moons to view or print.
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What makes laser light so extraordinary?
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Could they have brought the water to our planet?
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The First Annual Planet Awards
Which is the best planet in the solar system?
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What do you get when you cross an earthquake with a tidal wave?
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What is out there that you cannot see with your bare eyes?
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What's in the heart of a comet?
Marshmallow? Chewy caramel? Nuts?
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See a giant rose-covered space robot!
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Why collide with a comet?
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Test your comet IQ and grab some comet dust.
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Download Space Place background images for your desktop.
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Make yummy potatoes look like asteroids.
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How can a toy help with space travel?
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And what are they made of?
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Will Voyagers 1 and 2 also be messengers?
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Space Place Musings :: Podcasts
A NASA scientist explains space science and technology concepts.
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The spacecraft that keep going and going . . .
Go on a Grand Tour of the outer planets!
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See the universe in Cosmic Colors.
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A story about stuff that's almost not there!
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Dwarf planet Pluto is still fun to study.
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Want better weather? Check out these destinations.
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Help the astronauts go back to the Moon.
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But what will you take with you?
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Turn an old CD into Saturn's rings.
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Space Place apps for iPhone and iPad
Download games for your mobile phone!
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Does Jupiter really orbit the Sun?
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Play Solar System Switch-a-Roo!
Put clues together to find the planets and moons.
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Launch a rocket from a spinning planet
Wind up that launch pad!
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Online word find can be easy, medium, or hard.
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Activities, stories, fun facts, and young astronomer groups. This link takes you away from The Space Place. But it's very easy to come back!
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Compare the masses of the planets.
Put any two planets on the scales and see how they compare. This link takes you away from The Space Place. But it's very easy to come back!
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Compare the sizes of the planets.
Pick any two planets and see their sizes side by side. This link takes you away from The Space Place. But it's very easy to come back!
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Build a model spacecraft to explore the solar system!
Paper models of your favorite solar system explorers. This link takes you away from The Space Place. But it's very easy to come back!