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NASA Daily Skywatching Guide
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A detailed guide to the night sky written by a NASA expert featuring full Moon lore, asteroid flybys, stars, galaxies,…

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Determining the Atmospheric Composition of Exoplanets
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In this activity, students use spectral patterns of exoplanets' atmospheres to acquire information about atmospheric composition, as well as what…

NASA Exoplanets Interactive Webpage
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Explore over 5000 confirmed exoplanets and compare other planetary systems to the solar system.

Transit Math Educator Guide
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Educator guide containing 44 math-infused problems that incorporate NASA Data.

Transit Math Educator Guide
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Although planets, stars and other celestial bodies move through space in complicated ways, space is so vast that rarely do…

NASA’s SDO Spots 2 Lunar Transits in Space
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On Sept. 9, 2018, NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory, SDO, saw two lunar transits as the Moon passed in front of…

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Satellites to See Mercury Enter Spotlight on May 9
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It happens only a little more than once a decade – and the next chance to see it is Monday,…

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Scientists Study Atmosphere of Venus through Transit Images
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Two of NASA’s heliophysics missions can now claim planetary science on their list of scientific findings. A group of scientists…

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