Why Is the Sky Blue? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Blue light is scattered in all directions by the tiny molecules of air in Earth's atmosphere Blue is scattered more than other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves This is why we see a blue sky most of the time Closer to the horizon, the sky fades to a lighter blue or white
Why Is the Sky Blue? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids La luz del Sol llega a la atmósfera de la Tierra y se dispersa en todas direcciones por los gases y las partículas que se encuentran en el aire La luz azul se esparce más que el resto de los colores porque viaja en olas más cortas, más pequeñas Este es el motivo por el cual casi siempre vemos el cielo de color azul
Why | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids explore Why Does the Sun Burn Us? explore Why Do We Care About Water on Mars? Where there are signs of water, there might also be signs of life! explore Why Do We Send Robots To Space? We can send robots to explore space without having to worry so much about their safety Learn more! do What Causes the Seasons? explore Lunar Eclipses and Solar
Video | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Why Is the Sky Blue? explore What Is an Orbit? An orbit is a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one explore Go With the Flow: An Ocean In this ocean currents game, use heat and salt to float your sub to the treasure! play How Does NASA Communicate With We can send and receive information with the Deep
All About Neptune | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Its atmosphere is made of hydrogen, helium, and methane The methane gives Neptune the same blue color as Uranus Neptune has six rings, but they're very hard to see Explore Neptune! Click and drag to rotate the planet Scroll or pinch to zoom in and out Credit: NASA Visualization Technology Applications and Development (VTAD)
What Is a Volcano? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids There are three reasons why magma might rise and cause eruptions onto Earth’s surface Volcanoes on Earth form from rising magma Magma rises in three different ways Magma can rise when pieces of Earth's crust called tectonic plates slowly move away from each other The magma rises up to fill in the space
What Is a Satellite? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Why don't satellites crash into each other? Actually, they can! In February 2009, two communications satellites – one American and one Russian – crashed in space! This, however, is believed to be the first time two man-made satellites have collided accidentally But, don’t worry!
All About the Moon | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Why does it look like the Moon is changing shape? From Earth, it might look like the Moon is changing shape each night – from a tiny sliver to a half moon to a full moon and back again