A wealth of information about everything from the planets, to space probes, to space science and ongoing research. Click on “Planets” in the menu on the top of the web page, then choose an object. You’ll get a page with important facts, and links to other resources, including images, videos, a description of explorations of that object, and all sorts of other great information.
Great Website About the Solar System
An excellent short video showing solar activity
A wonderful video showing the formation of stars, and planets around a star
Information on when you can see Venus and the other planets
A list of lunar eclipse dates through 2030, and maps of where they can be seen on Earth
When is the next total solar eclipse
Amazing video of the journey of Spirit, the second successful rover on Mars
Video from a remote-controlled model plane flying over Meteor Crater, Arizona
An interesting simulation of the huge tsunami caused by the Chixulub asteroid. It flooded much on Central America and the southern United States.
The American Meteor Society has a calendar on this website describing each annual meteor shower and when the best viewing dates times will be.
Find out if Jupiter and other planets are visible from your location. and where to look for them in the sky.
First enter your city at the top of the page, then enter the date and time below the picture, then click on the picture.
An absolutely mesmerizing animation of what it would be like to fly through Jupiter’s Great Red Spot based on data collected by the Juno mission.
While you’re watching the image, keep an eye on the altitude and temperature indicators on the left side of the screen. (For reference, 0o, 250o and 500o Kelvin is equal to -460o, -10o and 440o Fahrenheit).
Jupiter looks beautiful in visible light, but downright terrifying in infrared!
The scientific and technical challenges that the Juno mission has had to overcome to penetrate Jupiter’s atmosphere… and survive
All sorts of news about space exploration, astronomy and science, with great videos, animations and more.
Contains links to the NASA “Fact Sheets” about each planet and their moons, plus fact sheets on comets and asteroids.
If you want facts, lots of facts, and more facts, this is the website to visit!
A wealth of information and photos of all the objects in our solar system, as well as a fun calculator to determine your weight on other planets!
Provides many excellent links to other pages about all the objects in our solar system, as well as pages about our galaxy, the Milky Way, stars, nebulae, black holes, the universe and other topics.
Fascinating article and video about how scientists are tracking space debris and using that information to maneuver satellites around debris to avoid collisions.
A cool promotional video for a Space Exploration master class
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