2/23/17: Space Exploration

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 New Planets Discovered 40 Light Years Away

http://www.planetary.org/blogs/guest-blogs/2017/20170222-trappist-1-potentially-habitable-worlds.html

 http://www.trappist.one/#about

 How Satellites Stay in Orbit (Video)


Orion Spacecraft and Mission to Mars 


Robert Goddard: Rocketry Pioneer

 

https://archive.org/details/NIX-LV-1998-00114

 Apollo Mission to the Moon

Crowd Science: Help Find Planet 9

2/16/17: Dark Matter & Dark Energy

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Two videos about dark matter and dark energy.
http://safeYouTube.net/w/BXs

http://safeYouTube.net/w/8Xs

Dark Matter Interactive Website. See how dark matter affects how fast a galaxy spins.

NASA: Dark Matter& Dark Energy

NASA: What is the universe made of? Turns out, only 4.6% of the universe is "normal" matter. Hmmmm.

2/9/17: BLACK HOLES

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A fun video.

What is a Black Hole?

Supermassive Black Hole

 Black Hole Encyclopedia

Interactive Black Hole Simulation 

Journey to a Black Hole  (This is a great site!)

NuStar Space Telescope