| ASTRONOMY FOR KIDS |
Find out what it's like on other planets. Learn how far away the stars are. Try a fun, space-themed project.
 | Constellations can help you sort the twinkling dots scattered across the night sky. Connect the stars to see what deep-sky wonders emerge. |
 | Sharpen your scope skills with these 26 tips. |
 | Find your way by watching the stars and "following the drinking gourd." |
 | The Sun, an average-sized, middle-aged star, formed almost 5 billion years ago from a cloud of gas and dust. |
 | Mercury, the closest planet to the Sun, takes only 88 days to orbit the Sun. |
 | The surface of Venus, the brightest object in the sky after the Sun and Moon, is covered with craters, mountains, volcanos, and lava plains. |
 | Earth is the third planet from the Sun and takes 23 hours, 56 minutes to spin on its axis one time. |
 | The Moon, located 238,000 miles from Earth, has a temperature of 225° F during the day and drops down to –243° at night. |
 | Rust in the soil creates the Red Planet's signature color. |
 | Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, with a diameter of 89,000 miles. |
 | Saturn, the sixth planet from the Sun, has a ring system made up of ice and rock particles, some as big as a minivan. |
 | Uranus, the third-largest planet in the solar system, has an average temperature of –350° F and does not have a solid surface. |
 | Neptune has 13 moons; the two largest are Triton and Nereid. |
 | Pluto, reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, is located nearly 40 times as far from the Sun as Earth. |
 | Asteroids, chunks of rock and metal that orbit the Sun, sometimes collide with the Earth. This is one possible explanation for the extinction of dinosaurs. |
 | Comets, thought to be leftovers of the early solar system, are made of dust, rocks, organic compounds, and ice. |
 | Observe the changing position of the Sun to determine the cardinal points. |
 | Explore the behind-the-scenes secrets of a planetarium show's creation. |
 | Grab a thick blanket to lie back on and your favorite pair of binoculars. It's time to take your child on a tour of the Milky Way. |
 | Make yourself looney by viewing craters and even making your own. |
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