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Meteor Showers
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January 2021
January 11
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
January 4
Eli Terry Mass-Produced Box Clock
December 2020
December 28
Happy New Year!
December 21
Winter Celebrations
December 14
Meteor Showers
December 6
Ratifying the 13th Amendment
December 1
New Discovery- Black Hole
November 2020
November 22
Thanksgiving and Giving Thanks
November 15
Boat Seat with Spider Web Design, Anansi the Spider
November 8
National Native American Veterans Memorial at the National Museum of American Indian
November 2
I Voted Buttons
October 2020
October 25
Hallowe'en Joys
October 18
Camas para Sueños by Lomas Garza
October 12
Photograph of Marie Louise Bottineau Baldwin (Métis/Turtle Mountain Ojibwe)
September 2020
September 27
Ruth Bader Ginsburg and the Supreme Court
September 21
Mei Xiang’s Newborn Giant Panda Cub
September 14
Thank You!- Postal Stamp
August 2020
August 21
Earth, Wind & Fire
August 20
Puffin Man, Alutiiq Superhero
August 19
Buddha draped in robes portraying the Realms of Existence
August 18
Nuna Mask from Burkino Faso
August 17
Ancient Egyptian Mask
August 14
Naked Mole Rat
August 13
The Polar Bear
August 12
American Bison
August 11
The Red Panda
August 10
Henry the Elephant
August 7
The Turntable
August 6
The Sewing Machine
August 5
The Ford Model T
August 4
The Computer
August 3
The Lightbulb
July 2020
July 31
The Wisdom of the Universe
July 30
NUMBER 3, 1949: TIGER
July 29
Dempsey-Willard Fight
July 28
The Stainless Stealer
July 27
Janet Echelman’s 1.8 Renwick
July 24
Portrait of President John F. Kennedy
July 23
Telegraph Key
July 22
The Star Spangled Banner
July 21
The Ruby Slippers
July 20
The Hope Diamond
July 15
The Sirius XM-4 Satellite
July 14
SpaceSuit
July 13
Moon Rocks
July 10
Tyrannosaurus rex.
July 9
Feathered Dinosaur, Anzu wyliei
July 8
Cave Paintings
July 7
Megalodon
July 6
Petrified Wood
July 3
The Deep Sea
July 1
Water Vessels
June 2020
June 30
Breaking Waves
June 28
Phoenix, the North Atlantic Right Whale
This week, the famous meteor shower the Geminids will be visible. Here you see a close-up image of a rock’s interior which provides a window into the history of Mars. This rock was ejected from Mars by a meteorite impact and eventually fell to Earth.
National Air and Space Museum's Guide to Getting Started with Stargazing
Links
Check out some tips about learning astronomy from NASM
What is a meteor?
Learning Lab all about Astrogeology (Meteorites and Spacecraft Missions!)
The Universe: An Introduction
American Meteor Society's Guide to Viewing the Geminids 2020
Discover the Natural History Museum's Meteorite Gallery
Investigate the difference between asteroids, meteors, and meteorites with Ready Jet Go!
This object in the American History Museum helped kids see the solar system from their living rooms!
'Explore the Sky' with American History
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