The Nine Planets is an overview of the history, mythology, and current scientific knowledge of each of the planets and moons in our solar system. Each page has text and images, some have sounds and movies, most provide references to additional related information. Each day see a new image from space, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer. This website, the online companion to the PBS documentary that bears the same name, dives into the vastness of space as it presents the boldest new achievements of modern astronomy. Join astronomers as they probe the limits of the observable universe and peer into the violent worlds of black holes and supernovas.
Topics range from the birth and death of stars to the speed of light.
The earth is dying. Your group has decided to leave at once and make a new home on the moon. Students create fact sheets reported by a spacecraft lost in the solar system. Student research on modern and historic figures in the field of astronomy is presented in oral, written, and graphical forms. A group of five students at Mount Logan Middle School in Logan, Utah used a modified remote control car, a TV and a video camera to simulate the Mars Pathfinder.