by Criswell Freeman | Dec 13, 2020 | Amazing Americans, Space
If you’re looking at a map of the United States of America, you’ll find Mississippi in the southeastern region. Mississippi is bordered by Tennessee to the north and Alabama to the east. Louisiana and the Gulf of Mexico are to the south of Mississippi....
by Criswell | May 3, 2020 | Space
When you look up at the night sky, you see lots and lots of stars. The sun is one of those, only a lot closer! That’s right: the very same Sun that lights up the daytime sky is actually a star, like the twinkling dots that sparkle overhead at night. The Sun is a...
by Criswell | May 1, 2020 | Space
Jupiter: The Biggest Planet in Our Solar System… The Sun has eight planets. Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and Jupiter is the fifth. Jupiter is the biggest planet in our Solar System by far. In fact, it’s over two-and-a-half times bigger than all...
by Criswell Freeman | Apr 28, 2020 | Space
The Milky Way: Our Home Galaxy… Galaxies are huge collections of stars that are held together by gravity, which is the very same force that keeps you from flying off the face of the Earth. Our Sun is a star, like the ones you see twinkling overhead at night. The...
by Criswell | Feb 6, 2020 | Space
Mars: Our Next-Door Neighbor in the Solar System Earth is the third planet from the Sun, and Mars is the fourth. The gravity on Mars is about 37% Earth’s gravity. This means if you were standing on Mars you could jump almost three times as high as you can jump...
