A small gray rock, about the size of a fingernail, is being held between two fingers. It’s rough and jagged and looks like it came from outer space.
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People across seven southern states saw a fireball falling through the sky earlier this summer. What was it, you ask? A meteor breaking apart as it fell through our planet’s atmosphere. A small piece of the space rock even hit a house in Georgia!

A meteor is simply a piece of ancient rock... Read more

Tucson Earth Day Festival at Children's Museum
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Happy Earth Day—a special day when all of us should focus on the importance of our planet and what we can do to improve its health. 

Earth Day was created in 1970 in hopes of bringing about environmental reform in America. It began in the United States with schools celebrating—20 million... Read more

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Happy Earth Day—a special day when all of us should focus on the importance of our planet and what we can do to improve its health. 

Earth Day was created in 1970 in hopes of bringing about environmental reform in America. It began in the United States with schools celebrating—20 million... Read more

 Magnetic north is one of three “north poles” on our planet.
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Photo by NASA/JSC

What do you think of when you hear about the North Pole? For most of us, images of Santa Claus, reindeer and the greatest toy workshop ever all spring to mind.

There is actually a... Read more

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China Luna Rover
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Top Photo: Chang’e-4 spacecraft on the far side of the moon

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InSight Lands on Mars photo
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Have you ever wondered whether there are quakes or temblors on Mars? What about how the planet formed?

Scientists intend to answer those questions and more. The InSight lander touched down at the end of November after a seven-month journey to the Red Planet.

According to NASA,... Read more

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Music and wonderful smells fill the air, and skulls and skeletons are everywhere—some made of sugar, others made of paper-mache. And for some reason, the cemetery is aglow with families decorating with bright orange flowers and cleaning the gravesites of loved ones.

Welcome to “El Día de... Read more

sequined sparkly slippers
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Photo courtesy of the FBI

It seems the Wicked Witch of the West wasn’t the only one trying to get her hands on Dorothy’s ruby slippers. The ICONIC shoes, seen in dazzling Technicolor in the 1939... Read more

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