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The Virtual Tour of the Sun
The Virtual Tour of the Sun Well, you can’t take a field trip to the sun, so this will have to do. Uses some actual video clips and does an excellent job of explaining concepts. Quite a bit of reading, though.
Read MorePosted on 18th June 2010Comments Off
Can you build a planet that will survive?
Planet 10 allows you two options. You can spend some time looking around our solar system or you can build a new planet. Your goal is to create a planet which will sustain life and not crash into another planet. Or the sun. Or anything else! Planet 10
Read MorePosted on 25th November 2007Comments Off
How Much Do You Weigh on Mars?
Find out what you weigh on Mars or any other planet, as well as on the sun, the moons of Jupiter, a white dwarf, and a neutron star on this page of Exploratorium called Your Weight on Other Worlds.
Read MorePosted on 25th November 2007Comments Off