This guide has videos, interactives and other resources to help students learn about the solar system, the history of exo-planetary discovery, and ideas about space colonization.
Planning a trip outside of our solar system? NASA has a travel bureau to help you with all of your plans. Scroll through the planets to see your options; some will offer an opportunity to explore the surface (or artistic rendering of surface). Hold your mouse down to rotate the view and explore all directions.
This study jam is about our solar system, specifically the inner planets, Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars. Check out the slide show and then take the quiz to test yourself.
How big is the universe? What do scientists really know about what is out there in deep space? Here's a video and quiz to help you learn more about the universe, galaxies and solar systems.
It takes light a zippy 8 minutes to reach Earth from the surface of the Sun. But how long does it take that same light to travel from the Sun’s core to its surface? It's a surprisingly long time!
What if the next wave of spacecraft were small enough to fit into our pockets? This video describes the future of microspacecraft, and how scientists at NASA are hoping to use micropropulsion to launch tiny vessels outside of Earth’s orbit.
This 3 minute video from NOVA discusses the difficult task of properly classifying new discoveries in our solar system. You will learn about definitions of "planet" and why this disqualified Pluto.