Why Is the Sky Blue? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Why Is the Sky Blue? The Short Answer: Sunlight reaches Earth's atmosphere and is scattered in all directions by all the gases and particles in the air Blue light is scattered more than the other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves This is why we see a blue sky most of the time
Why Is the Sky Blue? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids En seguida nos damos cuenta de que el cielo es de color azul ¿Pero alguna vez te has preguntado por qué? Muchas otras personas inteligentes, también se lo han preguntado… ¡Y les ha tomado mucho tiempo averiguar cómo y por qué! La luz del Sol se ve blanca, pero en realidad está compuesta por todos los colores del arcoíris Cuando la luz blanca pasa por un prisma, queda separada en
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Supermoon, Blood Moon, Blue Moon and Harvest Moon - NASA Space Place The air molecules from Earth's atmosphere scatter out most of the blue light The remaining light reflects onto the Moon's surface with a red glow, making the Moon appear red in the night sky The name "blood moon" is also sometimes used for a Moon that appears reddish because of dust, smoke or haze in the sky
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Explore the Electromagnetic Spectrum - NASA Space Place Like a radio telescope, this Magic Window sees radio objects in the sky, then a computer converts that energy to colors in the visible part of the spectrum that we can see Microwaves Credit: NASA JPL-Caltech Microwaves are from about 1 millimeter (about the size of a sharp pencil point) to about 1 foot long
All About Earth | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Our atmosphere is made mostly of nitrogen and has plenty of oxygen for us to breathe The atmosphere also protects us from incoming meteoroids, most of which break up in our atmosphere before they can strike the surface as meteorites Since we live here, you might think we know all there is to know about Earth Not at all, actually! We have a lot we can learn about our home planet Right now