the sun

the sun is the largest object in our solar system!
sun spots are the dark objects on the sun's surface.the reason they are darker than the resst of the sun is because it is cooler. they have storms like earth does. some times where a sun spot is a solar flare could happen.
a solare flare occers when somthing like a volcanic eruption happens. bursts of flame and energy are spat out into space! some of the flares have hit the earth.


Large flares are often associated with huge ejections of mass from the Sun, although the association is not clear. These coronal mass ejections (CMEs) are balloon-shaped bursts of solar wind rising above the solar corona, expanding as they climb. Solar plasma is heated to tens of millions of degrees, and electrons, protons, and heavy nuclei are accelerated to near the speed of light.
The super-heated electrons from "CMEs" move along the magnetic field lines faster than the solar wind can flow. Rearrangement of the magnetic field, and solar flares may result in the formation of a shock that accelerates particles ahead of the CME loop. Each CME releases up to 100 billion kg (220 billion lb) of this material, and the speed of the ejection can reach 1000 km/second (2 million mph) in some flares. Solar flares and CMEs are currently the biggest "explosions" in our solar system, roughly approaching the power in a BILLION hydrogen bombs!

constellations

Constellations are names for groups of stars that appear to form shapes in the sky. They were given their names many hundreds of years ago to help us remember which stars are which. We use constellations to divide up the sky.

1. Andromeda: located 2.3 million light years away, one cann easily find the constellation with their naked eye along with its galaxyon clear moonless nights.

2. Scorpious:http: The constellation of Scorpious is a large and includes many bright stars, that of the lower half of the body is bathed in the summer's Milky Way. the asterism of a vast skewed shape of "S" was taken an attention in many ancient cultures, for example,it was regaurded as a gigantic fishhook in Japanese fishing villages
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3. Draco: draco the dragon is a circumpolar constellation, which means it revolves the celestrial
North Pole. it can be seen all year round. Draco is only present in the northern Hemispear, so those living in the Southern Hemisphere will never see this long constellation.

4. Big dipper: The best known group of stars is the Big Dipper; you have probably heard of it or even seen it. The Big Dipper is a group of seven bright stars, 3 which form a handle and 4 which form a bowl. The Big Dipper is not actually a constellation but is part of the constellation Ursa Major, or Great Bear.

5. Little dipper: The Little Dipper is a smaller version of the Big Dipper. It can be found by looking directly up front the two outermost stars which form the bowl on the Big Dipper. These two stars point us to Polaris, the Pole Star (indicating the North Pole), which is at the end of the Little Dipper's handle.

6. Orion: Orion is another well-known constellation. Orion was an ancient Greek hunter and warrior. The belt is usually the easiet part of Orion to spot, with three bright stars in a row.

7. Casseopeia: found next to the Big Dipper and orion. Its shape is easy to remember, a neat W, or M, formed by 5 bright stars. Casseopeia is the mythological Queen of Ethiopia.

the moon

the moon has been here for for 4 billion years.
it is the second brightest object in the sky after the Sun.
on July 20, 1969 the moon was first vistited by Neal Armstrong and Buzz Almond. They were the first to walk the Moon!
the forces between the Moon and the Earth give some cool efects. High tides and low tides are caused by the gravity on the moon.
The dark spots used to be lave that cooled. thes is called maria which makes up about 16% of the moon's surface.
Regolith is a mixture of fine dust and rocky matirial made by meateor impacts.

double stars

double stars are stars that revalcve around each other. at the end of the doublestars life the start acting like gamma ray blasts.
if you look at the end of the big dipper inthe laast star of the tail you will belooking at a double star.

galaxys

galaxys are so cool. my favorite is the cat's eye galaxy because it really looks like a cats's eye.
if it's ddark outside and you think you can see ever star out there, get a telescope and focus it on a cirtain point and sosmetimes you cansee a cluter of stars. if you do, you are looking at a galaxy or nebula.

what is a GAMMA RAY BLAST?

Gamma ray blasts are two dying stars that spin very fast and once they combine they shot these huge rays of light that if one hits earth we will die instantly. Thats how distructive these are. Hopefuly that wont happen for thousands of years.

space wonders

Space is so cool. you never know what is out there happining at this very moment.
gama ray blasts or a new star being born, maby even a new solar system.....who knows
thats whats so cool about the open space you never know.