Volcanoes tower 80,000 feet above a barren surface. Monstrous hurricanes rage for 400 years. And multicolored rings sit suspended in air. In Cosmic Journey: a Solar System Adventure, you will travel through our solar system faster than the speed of light, taking in the wonders of the planets and their moons.
Travel with the brother-sister duo, Jack and Annie, in their Magic Tree House as they discover a note that asks them to answer a series of six questions about space. With the help of the astronomer, the Internet, and astronaut, books and the writer of the mysterious note, Jack and Annie are taken on a […]
A New Moon occurs when the Sun and Moon have the same ecliptical longitude. This is the first phase of the lunar cycle, meaning this celestial body will not be visible in the sky.
Hundreds of planets have been discovered orbiting stars beyond the Sun. Our solar system is not alone in the universe, and with rapidly improving technology and recent endeavors like the Kepler Telescope, the discovery of exoplanets brings us one step closer to the possibility of finding an Earth-like world. How will this change how we […]