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Footloose
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Publisher: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of American History
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This Smithsonian article is about astronaut Bruce McCandless' untethered spacewalk in 1984. Both McCandless and pilot photographer Robert Gibson were interviewed for the piece, which…
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/footloose-82112792/
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What would it look like to fall into a black hole?
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This NewScientist article covers the simulation research of two University of Colorado physicists on what an unfortunate person falling into a black hole would see. The article…
https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn16885-what-would-it-look-like-to-...
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Amazing Plasmas
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Publisher: Space Science Institute
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This exhibit from the Space Weather Center explains what plasmas are and what forms they take on Earth and in space. It contains many helpful images and two games on magnetism and…
http://www.spaceweathercenter.org/amazing_plasmas/01/01.html
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Stellar Evolution
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Publisher: Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics
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This Chandra X-Ray Observatory page links to several activities and articles on stellar evolution. It includes an interactive Flash activity featuring simulations of different-mass…
https://chandra.harvard.edu/edu/formal/stellar_ev/
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Death Star: A Bad Day In the Milky Way
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This PBS article describes gamma-ray bursts and how they were discovered. It also explains what would happen to the Earth should a gamma-ray burst strike it.
https://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/gamma/milkyway.html
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WMAP's Universe: The Life and Death of Stars
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Publisher: Goddard Space Flight Center
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This NASA site describes how stars live and die. It explains stellar life on the "main sequence" and includes links to four different ways a star can die. Images illustrate stellar…
https://map.gsfc.nasa.gov/universe/rel_stars.html
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Cosmic Evolution - From Big Bang to Humankind
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E. Chaisson; Publisher: Wright Center for Science Education Tufts University
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This comprehensive site features excerpts from Eric Chaisson’s book "Cosmic Evolution" and offers images, movies, and text. The seven sections include galaxy formation, the birth and…
https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/~ejchaisson/cosmic_evolution/docs/splash.htm...
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Radioisotope Power Systems
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
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This NASA webpage discusses radioisotope power systems in past, present, and future space missions. It also discusses some of the successes that the radioisotopes have had on…
https://rps.nasa.gov/
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NASA: The Apollo Missions
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B. Dunbar; Editor: J. Ryba
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This website describes all the Apollo missions, including the goals, the spacecraft equipment, the events of the mission, and the outcomes. This website also includes links to…
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/index.html
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NASA Releases Images of Earth by Distant Spacecraft
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J. Cook and D. Brown
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This is a release of pictures of the Earth and Moon taken by the Cassini spacecraft from Saturn and taken by the Messenger spacecraft from Mercury. Five pictures are included in the…
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2013-229#5
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