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Becky JaramilloNational Institute of Aerospace
The Milky Way . . . how big is big?
If our entire solar system could be shrunk down to the size of a quarter, the Milky Way Galaxy, which is approximately 10,000 light- years in width, would be the width of the continental United States!
M51 Hubble Remix
Little Galaxy with a Tail
200 billion stars in 100 billion galaxies . . . .
Is there life out there?
NASA web sitewww.nasa.gov/education/nasaeclips
Life on Other Worlds
Snowpits
History of Winter – Abiotic Conditions
Transits
Methane on Mars
Methane – An Indicator for Life?
Kepler
The Search for Exoplanets
LCROSS Finding Water on the Moon
YouTube site
www.youtube.com/nasaeclips
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• NASA Internet Resources Encourage Students To Think And Act Like Scientists . . .
Kepler
NASA SCI Files: The Case of the Great Space Exploration
NASA SCI Files: Activities
Space Math @ NASA: Astrobiology Problems
Inquiry Activities
Poster Activities
NASA Astrobiology Institute
Careers in Astrobiology
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Word Art
Graphical Dictionaries
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