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... About Phenomena of the Sun and Moon How do I find Sun and Moon rise and set times? How do I find out about the phases of the Moon or the percent of the Moon illuminated? What does the Moon look like today? May one use our ast

The romantic Mid-Autumn Festival comes on the 15th day of the eighth lunar month. This is a day to worship the moon god. Chinese believe in praying to the moon god for protection, family unity, and good fortune. The round "moon cakes" eaten o

Inspire your students to reach new heights: give them the opportunity to become a ground control team in a simulated NASA mission to the Moon, Mars or nearby asteroids. Activities and lesson plans from the Moonlink®, NEARlink®, and Marslink® e

In the summertime in ocean waters, for example, off Ocean City, two types of large jellyfish often occur. The Moon Jelly (Aurelia aurita) is a clear, flattened disk, with numerous small tentacles around the edge, and a pink four-leaf clover design in the

Adults average from 30-45 inches (76-114 cm), record 50 inches (127 cm). Adults are thick bodied and may be greenish or brownish, with no real distinctive markings other than dark speckling. The belly is patterned with light half moons on a darker backgro

"From Stargazers to Starships" follows an earlier site "The Exploration of the Earth's Magnetosphere". "Stargazers" deals with the world of gravity--of massive planets and stars, and the way spaceflight is achieved despite th

Do you have a question about the national parks, the National Park Service or American history? Ask one of our historians listed below. Just click on the name of the person you want to contact and send your question by e-mail. To help you direct your ques

DIME is a NASA competition program which allows teams to design and build a science experiment which will then be operated in a NASA microgravity drop tower facility. This program is a project-oriented activity which lasts one school year for the selected

Tides are the vertical rising and lowering of sea level, and are greatly controlled by the gravitational pull of the sun and moon. Although the sun has a stronger gravitational attraction than the moon, the moon's relative nearness to the earth makes its

This is an outstanding site to use as a resource for students in a space or astronomy unit. The images are excellent. It also has info about building a simple telescope.

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