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Stars

Part of the Journey to the Stars exhibition.

Use these free online resources before or after your visit to further explore themes presented in the Journey to the Stars space show.

Downloads

Cosmic Chemistry
Digital Universe: Modeling a Constellation in Two and Three Dimensions
Digital Universe: Parallax and Luminosity - Developing a 3-D Model of the Galaxy
The Formation of the Solar System

 

Online Resources

Educator Materials Build the Big Dipper To see what the Big Dipper would look like from outer space, build a mobile! Image Gallery In Pictures: Journey to the Stars In the Milky Way Galaxy alone, there are hundreds of billions of stars. But that hasn't always been the case... Take a look at the... Educator Materials Stargazing There are thousands of stars in the night sky. Hidden among them are constellations and planets. How many can you find? Record your... Article The Milky Way Galaxy If you think of the entire galaxy as a giant pizza, all the stars you can see from Earth fall within about one pepperoni on that... Interactive What do you know about Stars? How stellar is your knowledge of stars? Test yourself with this interactive quiz. Article Case Study: Friedrich Bessel and the Companion of Sirius Discovering Sirius B long before technology allowed us to see it, or quantum mechanics explained the nature of white dwarfs. Article Profile: Cecilia Payne and the Composition of the Stars What are the stars made of? At 25, Cecilia Payne answered this fundamental question in her Ph.D. thesis.