uestions and Activities
What causes the extreme temperatures on the different planets of the solar
system?
How have the Hubble and Chandra telescopes helped scientists? Find out more about
these telescopes
Briefly explain how solar and lunar eclipses are caused.
Make a chart showing the major solar and lunar eclipses in the last one year. Collect
some photographs for a class display.
What is the name of the spacecraft which has now crossed the solar system and has
gone into outer space? Find out the date when it was launched.
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A Extreme temperatures on different planets in the solar system are caused by distance from the Sun, and also in some cases by speed of rotation of the planet. If one side is in the shadow (turned away from Sun), the temperatures will plummet downwards to a point where gases (nitrogen) become liquid
The telescope observes comets and planets. Hubble even discovered moons around Pluto that had not been seen before. The telescope has helped scientists understand how planets and galaxies form. ... Because of Hubble pictures, scientists think the universe is almost 14 billion years old.
No spacecraft has gone farther than NASA's Voyager 1. Launched in 1977 to fly by Jupiter and Saturn, Voyager 1 crossed into interstellar space in August 2012 and continues to collect data.
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briefly explain how solar and lunar eclipse are caused