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Titan and Tethys

12.23.2011

Saturn's moon Tethys, with its stark white icy surface, peeps out from behind the larger, hazy, colorful Titan.

  • image of activity on solar surface

    Stranded solar blast

    01.11.2012

    The sun erupted with a good-sized solar flare and a coronal mass ejection on its far-side beyond the view of NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory (SDO).

  • satellite image of dust blowing off afghanistan and packistan coast

    Torrents of dust blow off southwest Asia coast

    12.29.2011

    A dense cloud of dust swept from the coast of southern Afghanistan and Pakistan in this image by the MODIS instrument on NASA's Aqua satellite.

  • side by side comparison of helix nebula in infrared and visible light

    A striking infrared view of the Helix Nebula

    01.19.2012

    A pair of images from the VISTA telescope at the Paranal Observatory in Chile shows the Helix Nebula in infrared (left) and visible light.

February 9

New Horizons Educators Guide

A variety of animations, simulations, movies, and activities related to the New Horizons mission, Pluto, and comparing Pluto to other planets in the Solar System

Mars Science Laboratory Website

Jet propulsion Laboratory (JPL) website about the Mars Science Laboratory rover "Curiosity."

Gravity Assist Simulator

Explore the simulated encounters of the New Horizons spacecraft with Jupiter and the MESSENGER spacecraft with Venus. How does the distance of closest approach affect the speed and trajectory of such encounters?

The Voyage Continues

The Voyage Continues education unit continues the exploration of the solar system using the power of models to take a closer look into solar system objects and phenomena.
                                                                                                                                                                                         
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