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What makes laser light so extraordinary?
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News and notes for formal and informal educators.
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Space Place kids talk to NASA scientists and engineers.
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A story about a girl's search for another Earth.
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Or, how a little technology goes a long way.
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Dr. Marc answers questions about the Sun
Our special star teaches us about all stars.
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Printable posters, lithographs, postcards, and bookmarks.
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Dr. Marc answers questions about technology
A few words about the technologies of discovery.
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View large images or print them.
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Scientists and engineers on NASA missions share their experiences and findings.
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Listen to black holes and other cosmic weirdness.
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Dr. Marc answers questions about space
Learn about time travel, dark matter, and black holes!
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Dr. Marc answers questions about Earth & Moon
Maybe you've wondered too!
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Gallery of people and technology
Astronauts, rockets, and spacecraft to view or print.
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Gallery of solar system images
Glorious planets and moons to view or print.
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Dr. Marc answers questions about the solar system
Many things you always wondered about.
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How can a toy help with space travel?
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How do you build a weather satellite?
Fill a truck full of weather instruments and toss it into orbit?
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Telling a pine from a maple ... from space!
What if every kind of tree were a different color?
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Will Voyagers 1 and 2 also be messengers?
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What is out there that you cannot see with your bare eyes?
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So many possibilities. How to choose?
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Want better weather? Check out these destinations.
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Did you get to see this rare event?
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Shield these satellites from bad space weather!
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Space Place apps for iPhone and iPad
Download games for your mobile phone!
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Could they have brought the water to our planet?
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The answer may surprise you.
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Getting the right angle on the story
How satellites can save lives in a tsunami.
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What causes a meteor shower?
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Space Place Musings :: Podcasts
A NASA scientist explains space science and technology concepts.
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Is Mira the zippiest star in the galaxy?
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Download Space Place background images for your desktop.
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How do these monster storms happen?
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Super Star Meets the Plucky Planet
Or, how Earth and Sun come to mutual understanding and respect.
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Why collide with a comet?
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Sun-powered airplane flies at record altitude!
Looks can be deceiving.
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Kids' visions for the New Millennium
Technology-inspired art and poetry.
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After all, they know only two words!
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One place you don't want to have a dead battery!
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Does Jupiter really orbit the Sun?
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The spacecraft that keep going and going . . .
Go on a Grand Tour of the outer planets!
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What do you get when you cross an earthquake with a tidal wave?
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A story about stuff that's almost not there!
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How to yell across a solar system
How spacecraft send pictures through space.
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Dwarf planet Pluto is still fun to study.
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See a giant rose-covered space robot!
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Getting into space with no launch pad!
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What hears a whisper a billion miles away?
Ears the size of football fields?
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A trip to the Land of the Magic Windows
The windows show the Universe in all its colors.
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A close encounter of the AutoNav kind!
Could you hit a soccer goal on the Moon?
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What can read a newspaper from a mile away?
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What's in the heart of a comet?
Marshmallow? Chewy caramel? Nuts?
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Get up close and personal with our own star.
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Galaxies, nebulae, and supernova remnants to view or print.
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How events on the Sun have surprising results on Earth.
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Learn the answer and impress your friends!
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Gravity is what makes pieces of matter clump together into planets, moons, and stars.
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And what are they made of?
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LISA mission gives humans a sixth sense
If you could "hear" a black hole, what would it sound like?
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Look out for bad space weather!
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What are "signs of the zodiac?"
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It's all done with mirrors!
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Building a 3-D Map of Earth from Space!
And in only 10 days!
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Hilarious animated episodes with the latest infrared astronomy news and science. This link takes you away from The Space Place. But it's very easy to come back!