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Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination Three? (Day 4) The Location is…
JUPITER! Wow! Only three days. Congratulations Bella Bear and Aidoboy for being the first to write in that the ‘big galoot’ was really that giant among gas giants, the fifth planet from the sun. But we’ve got some unfinished business. … Continue reading
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Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination Three? (day 3)
Hey Space Bloggers! You have got to see this picture! I found it in an old Solar System family album. Look at it upside down for a laugh. Look like anyone you know? Credit: NASA/NSSDC/McDonald Observatory(Univ. of TX)/Dr. Yongha Kim … Continue reading
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Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination Three? (day 2)
Hey Space Bloggers! Ready for another clue? Here’s your LIMMER-IDDLE… I’m known for my size and my spot And the many fine moons that I’ve got Galileo saw four And I’ve five dozen more (or thereabouts) Which by anyone’s count … Continue reading
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Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination Three? (day 1)
Hey Space Bloggers! Almost there now. Hold on, its getting bumpy. Quick! Click to open the window shade and see our LIVE APPROACH TO DESTINATION THREE! Don’t look down, now, but I think there’s a storm brewing… Credit: NASA Wow, … Continue reading
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Missing Mercury?
Hey Mercury, it’s been great! With your cliffs, your craters, your bleak black plains. Who could forget those frigid nights and scorching days? And that huge sun hanging about ten feet overhead like a giant yolk ready to burst at … Continue reading
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More From Mercury
Hey Space Bloggers! Messenger is going to stay in orbit around Mercury for an entire year. We don’t have that long, but we could hang around a couple more days, just to see what Messenger is up to. So far, … Continue reading
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Space Game: Where in the Solar System is Destination One? (Day 6) The location is…
MERCURY! Congratulations to Bird of the Wind, Archimedes, and all you Space Bloggers who have figured out
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We interrupt this Game to bring you some Breaking News… The First Ever Picture from Orbit around Mercury!
Space Bloggers, we are live from
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Want to Explore?
Hi Space Bloggers! Bella Bear wrote in recently and said that she would like to explore an unknown planet. If you like that idea, but don’t want to wait until we find one – and figure out how to get … Continue reading
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Earth-Like Planets?
Hey Space Bloggers! After my last post, Erin wrote in about NASA’s Kepler Mission, a space telescope that is searching for Earth-like planets in our galaxy. She heard they found one. And guess what? She’s right! Following the Earth around … Continue reading
