NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, explores space. You can learn all kinds of things about the projects NASA is working on when you visit their website. Here is a link to NASA's site for students. Here is a link to NASA's Kids Club, where you can play space-themed games. On NASA's site for students, under "Stories", click on "Tonight's Sky" and watch the video. Or, click this link to watch the video for May. You will find descriptions of what you can see in the sky at night during each month. Take notes when you watch the video, then find some binoculars and set your alarm! As the earth spins on its axis, what we see in the sky changes. Find something new each hour of the night, and each month of the year!
What planet is this picture of? (picture available at NASA image gallery.) With a pair of binoculars, you can see this bright planet directly overhead and to the east at around 8:00 pm. Its light dominates the night sky.
Remember to be with an adult when you stargaze! No little cosmonauts should be out alone after dark!
