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What Did Hubble See on Your Birthday?
What Did Hubble See on Your Birthday?
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Name that nebula!
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What Is the James Webb Space Telescope?
The James Webb Space Telescope is the largest, most powerful space telescope ever built.
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Become a NASA Space Place Explorer with these printable activity books.
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Color Your Universe: Find the Hidden Objects
Can you find all the NASA and space-themed hidden objects?
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Learn more about what these groups of stars can (and can’t) tell us about our place in the universe.
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Check out these nine unearthly nightmares that could be happening right now in our own galaxy. Eek!
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Airplanes and satellites can experience changes in time! Read on to find out more.
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It all depends on what the spacecraft will do! Read on to learn more.
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A transit is when one object in space crosses in front of another object in space. The Moon transits the Sun during an eclipse, but did you know that other objects can transit, too? Learn more in this article.
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Most galaxies formed more than 10 billion years ago! Learn about how we find the age of galaxies using light.
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A light-year is the distance light travels in one Earth year. Learn about how we use light-years to measure the distance of objects in space.
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A nebula is a cloud of dust and gas in space.
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How Many Solar Systems Are in Our Galaxy?
Astronomers have discovered 2,500 so far, but there are likely to be many more!
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Learn more about these exploding stars!
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How do gravitational waves give us a new way to learn about the universe?
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What is an exoplanet? And how do we know they're out there?
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Searching for Other Planets Like Ours
Exoplanets are far away and hard to see. How do we look for them?
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Explore the different types of galaxies!
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And how does it help us find new planets?
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Make the universe stretch and expand!
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Make a Pinwheel Galaxy Pinwheel
A galaxy in the palm of your hand
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and dark energy, too!
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How many are there?
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Why do we call it that?
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Where Does Interstellar Space Begin?
Interstellar space begins where the sun’s magnetic field stops affecting its surroundings.
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What are they and what will become of them?
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Become a NASA engineer!
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Astronomers may have found a planet without a sun!
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Space Place in a Snap tackles this fascinating question!
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The answer isn't so simple...
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Let the beauty of the galaxies shine in your room.
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Write your own zany adventure story!
Write your own zany adventure story!
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Gallery of NASA Universe Images
Galaxies, nebulae, and supernova remnants to view or print.
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Gravity is the force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center.
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Paint pumpkins with space and Earth science designs
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Share these with your friends and family!
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Explore the Electromagnetic Spectrum
The windows show the Universe in all its colors.
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Find out why stars aren't all the same color.
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Is Mira the zippiest star in the galaxy?
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And learn about conservation of oomph!
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Make a colorful work of galactic art.
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Catch as many astrophysical objects and phenomena as possible in this game! This link takes you away from NASA Space Place.
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Build a model spacecraft to explore the universe!
Paper models of the great space observatories and explorers of the universe. This link takes you away from NASA Space Place.
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A learning center for young astronomers. This link takes you away from NASA Space Place.
