Grades 6-8 (Ages 11-13)

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Explorations in 2013 Find out about scheduled missions to our solar...
Explorations in 2011 Find out about scheduled missions to our solar...
Neptune's Triton Triton is a world like no other. Geysers of gas...
Saturn's Moons Saturn has 62 known moons.
Astronomical Firsts
Facts and Figures The biggest, farthest and fastest in the...
Remnants from the Beginning Whenever you build a new house, you always have...
Realm of the Giants The region beyond the asteroid belt is the realm...
Exploring Our Own Back Yard The four planets closest to the Sun -- Mercury,...
Mars' Moons Two small moons, Phobos and Deimos, orbit Mars....
Craters and Extinctions
Orion, the Hunter Orion is one of the most beautiful of all...
Gemini, the Twins Gemini is easy to find as it glides high...
Canis Major, the Great Dog Canis Major loyally follows its mythical master...
Auriga, the Charioteer Auriga, the celestial charioteer, has neither...
Cassiopeia, the Queen The mythological queen Cassiopeia floats...
Capricornus, the Sea-Goat Capricornus, the sea goat, bounds low across the...
Scorpius, the Scorpion Three bright stars form the "head" of Scorpius,...
Lyra, the Harp It's easy to find Lyra, the harp, by first...
Cygnus, the Swan The brightest stars of Cygnus form a cross, so...
Aquila, the Eagle Aquila glides on outstretched wings through the...
Boötes, the Herdsman The brightest stars of Boötes form a cone shape...
Energy: Tools of the Trade From radio waves to visible light to X-rays,...
Age of the Universe Most astronomers agree that the observable...
Galaxies Fade Eventually, the stars of the Milky Way will burn...

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