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Grades 3-5 (Ages 8-10)

Resources

Pluto February 19, 2016

Jupiter's Moons February 19, 2016
Asteroid

Asteroids February 19, 2016
Neptune

Neptune February 10, 2016
Uranus

Uranus February 10, 2016
Mars

Mars February 10, 2016

Phenomena, Myths and Fallacies June 10, 2010

Astronomers and Observatories June 10, 2010
Mars meteorite

Meteorites May 19, 2010

Equipment Tips May 14, 2010

Pick a Good Viewing Spot May 14, 2010

What to Look For May 14, 2010

Become a Stargazer April 14, 2010

Mercury March 7, 2006

Radio Programs

Comet NeoWise A bright comet in the evening sky July 21, 2020

Featured Images

Radio view of asteroid 2015 TB145, which will pass close to Earth on Halloween

Boo! October 31, 2015
Backlit view of Pluto landscape from New Horizons

Hazy Skies September 22, 2015

Comet Crawl September 14, 2015
New Horizons view of young mountains on Pluto

Ice Mountains July 15, 2015

First Eyes on Mars July 13, 2015
July 12 views of Charon and Pluto from New Horizons

Hours Away July 13, 2015
New Horizons view of Pluto and Charon, July 1, 2015

Best Shot July 7, 2015
Encounter between Venus and Jupiter, July 2015

Planetary Headlights July 2, 2015
Views of the Venus-Jupiter evening encounter, June 26-July 4, 2015

Brilliant Encounter June 26, 2015
A mosaic of spacecraft images shows the varied surface of Ganymede

Hiding an Ocean June 20, 2015
Sunset at Gale Crater, Mars, April 2015

Blue Skies May 14, 2015
Artist's concept of Earth's distant future

Bright Future April 29, 2015
View of Loki Patera, a lake of molten rock on Io, a moon of Jupiter

Hot Lake March 29, 2015