Jan 14, 2025 · 🌘 Waning Crescent: In the Northern Hemisphere, we see the waning crescent phase as a thin crescent of light on the left. The Moon displays these eight phases one after the other as it moves through its cycle each month.

Jan 14, 2025 · What do we know about the Moon? Today, we know that the Moon is covered by craters as well as dust and debris from comets, asteroids and meteoroid impacts. We know that the Moon’s dark areas, called maria – which is Latin for seas – are not actually seas. Instead, they are craters that lava seeped into billions of years ago.

Mar 29, 2024 · You can make this Moon phase calendar and calculator to figure out what phase the Moon is in. Or, you can go outside and look up! Download this activity as a PDF

Jan 14, 2025 · A full moon occurs when the side of the Moon facing Earth is fully lit up by the Sun. There are a few different types of unusual full moon types, which include blood moons, supermoons, blue moons, and harvest moons, and others.

Jan 14, 2025 · The Space Place Experiment Center. It's science time! do; PDFs of Space Place activities. Print-ready, downloadable PDFs of fun hands-on activities.

Jan 14, 2025 · The Amazing Hubble Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope is a large space telescope orbiting Earth. explore

Dec 5, 2024 · What Are the Moon’s Phases? Learn about the Moon's phases! explore

Jan 2, 2025 · During a total solar eclipse, the moon passes between Earth and the Sun. When this happens, the moon blocks out the bright light of the Sun. The glowing white corona can then be seen surrounding the eclipsed Sun.

Viking Lander Viking 1 was the first successful mission to land on Mars. The four Viking spacecraft provided numerous new insights into the nature and history of Mars, producing a vivid overall picture

Voyager 1 and 2 Between them, Voyager 1 and 2 have explored all the giant outer planets of our solar system, 48 of their moons, and the unique systems of rings and magnetic fields those planets possess.