ABY.K | Dive Deeper
Want to Explore More?
Now we’ve made it to the outermost regions of our Solar System, but there’s lots more out there to explore. You’ll find a lot of resources here to do some research on your own, as well as some optional additional assignments and project ideas you might want to include in your own study program.
You’ll be able to come back to this page anytime to reference the resources here, and when you’re ready to move on, just use the navigation buttons below to head to the next Lesson or go back to review any of the previous ones.
Have fun!
Sites:
Check out the scoop on Pluto
Get the latest about the Kuiper Belt at NASA’s News Portal
Find even more information about the mysterious Planet X
In depth information about the Oort Cloud
The Golden Record:
Want to learn more about Earth’s ultimate greeting to the universe?
- Check out NASA’s page to find out more information about how it was made and a full list of all the images, sounds, music and greetings. The Golden Record
- What’s it like to try and decode the images on the Golden Record? We decoded NASA’s messages to aliens by hand
- Carl Sagan, who headed the Golden Record project, wrote a book called Murmurs of the Earth about the process involved.
Apps:
Exoplanet – A visual and interactive catalogue of all known exoplanets (planets orbiting stars beyond our own Solar System).
TerraGenesis – Space Settlers – Use real science from NASA to cultivate life on desolate planets. Think you have what it takes to bring a dead planet to life? Can you settle the stars?
Solar Walk 2 Free：Encyclopedia of the Solar System – A 3D model of our Solar system to explore space, spacecraft, and planets in real time without visiting planetarium.
Media:
We are fascinated by space and what might be out there. Here are a few examples of media that are both science AND fiction.
- Watch the first science fiction movie, from 1902 A Trip to the Moon
- Star Trek The original series, going boldly . . .
- Interstellar A team of explorers travel through a wormhole in space in an attempt to ensure humanity’s survival.
- The Martian (book and movie) An astronaut becomes stranded on Mars after his team assume him dead, and must rely on his ingenuity to find a way to signal to Earth that he is alive.
- Apollo 13 NASA must devise a strategy to return Apollo 13 to Earth safely after the spacecraft undergoes massive internal damage putting the lives of the three astronauts on board in jeopardy. Based on real events
- Hidden Figures The story of a team of female African-American mathematicians who served a vital role in NASA during the early years of the U.S. space program. Based on real events
- The Farthest is an amazing documentary about Voyager
- Discover the father of science fiction, Jules Verne
- Watch Felix Baumgartner jump from the edge of space
Blog Posts:
Stay tuned for blog posts coming soon!
Young Scientist Spotlight:
HANNAH HERBST
Alert: Cuteness Overload!
Cutest animal in the ocean? Keep your Sea Otter. Forget the Dumbo Octopus. Axolotl? Close, but no cigar.
The winner of the Cutest Sea Animal prize is the Leaf Sheep Slug.
Yes, a slug. This tiny (5mm) animal, found near the Philippines, Indonesia, and Japan, looks like a cartoon sheep covered in bright green leaves with pinkish purple tips.
Bonus: it’s one of the only animals that can perform photosynthesis, thanks to all the algae it eats.
Beat that.
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