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SpaceKids

Over the years, we’ve gotten a lot of questions about planets, comets, asteroids, stars, galaxies, black holes and more, often from kids and sometimes from kids-at-heart. Inside SpaceKids on SPACE.com, you’ll find some great big questions and very simple, straightforward answers about everything from the moon to Mars and beyond into our Milky Galaxy and the universe itself.

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NASA offers teachers, schoolkids and their families educational resources about many agency missions, including that of its Perseverance Mars rover. This mosaic, which shows Perseverance and NASA’s Ingenuity Mars helicopter, was created by citizen scientist Seán Doran using 62 images captured by Perseverance on April 6, 2021.

NASA helps students launch into new school year with space-related educational resources

By Rebecca Sohn

As students head back to school, NASA is ready with resources for students, teachers, and families.

Student winners of NASA's TechRise Student Challenge could see their experiment ideas launched on suborbital rockets built by Blue Origin (shown above), Up Aerospace and Raven Aerostar.

NASA challenges students to dream up experiments for suborbital rocket launches

By Rebecca Sohn

NASA is looking for student teams to enter its TechRise Student Challenge, which tasks students in grades six through 12 with designing experiments to launch on a suborbital spaceflight.

Lego Education Spike Essentials is designed to help educators teach STEAM concepts to young students.

Lego Education unveils Spike Essentials to teach kids STEAM subjects

By Alexander Cox

Lego Education has unveiled Spike Essentials as part of its Lego learning system to help teachers and encourage students in STEAM subjects.

Future Genius: Discover our new knowledge magazine for kids aged 7 to 11, out now!

By Space.com Staff

Packed with puzzles, activities and videos, each edition of Future Genius takes you on an epic journey of STEAM discovery — from the solar system to Ancient Greece.

Astrophotographer Sergio Garcia Rill sent in a photo of an Eta Aquarid meteor and the center of our galaxy, the Milky Way, taken in Garner State Park, Texas, on May 5, 2013.

Does outer space end – or go on forever?

By Jack Singal

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to travel to outer space – and then keep going?

Build a Mars rover or an 'Infinity Gauntlet' with littleBits Inventor Kits, up to 40% off for Prime Day

By Elizabeth Howell

Aspiring coders will want to move quickly on these space-inspired littleBits Prime Day deals ending Tuesday (June 22).

This robotic toy kit from Ciro allows builders to create 12 different types of robots.

Build your own solar-powered robots with these Ciro STEM robotics kit deals for Prime Day

By Chelsea Gohd

This Prime Day, Ciro has two different kid-friendly, solar-powered robot sets on sale for 20% off.

Students can build their own paper plate model of a lunar eclipse by following a new NASA project guide.

Super Flower Blood Moon 2021 for kids: Build a lunar eclipse model!

By Samantha Mathewson

NASA shared a fun new learning guide for students to build their own lunar eclipse model ahead of this week's "Super Flower Blood Moon" total lunar eclipse.

On May 26, 2021 the Super Flower Blood Moon will coincide with a total lunar eclipse. This image shows the Super Blood Wolf Moon eclipse of Jan. 20-21, 2019, captured at mid-totality by Imelda Joson and Edwin Aguirre from the suburbs of Boston.

Teach your kids about the Super Flower Blood Moon lunar eclipse of 2021

By Chelsea Gohd

For families looking to enjoy the "Super Flower Blood Moon" eclipse, here's everything you need to know:

Students can create an Ingenuity helicopter video game with NASA's new learning guide.

Teach your kids to code a Mars helicopter game with this NASA guide

By Samantha Mathewson

NASA has shared a new learning guide for students to create their own video game to explore Mars with a helicopter like Ingenuity, which is expected to make its debut flight this week.

NASA shows you how to build your own paper version of the Ingenuity Mars helicopter.

Make your own Mars helicopter Ingenuity out of paper with this NASA guide!

By Samantha Mathewson

NASA is preparing to fly its Mars helicopter Ingenuity on the Red Planet for the first time, and students can join in the excitement by building paper versions of the craft at home.

Space and basketball collide again in "Space Jam: A New Legacy" launching in theaters and HBO Max on July 16, 2021.

First 'Space Jam: A New Legacy' trailer recruits LeBron James and Bugs Bunny to battle the Goon Squad

By Jeff Spry

Director Malcolm D. Lee brings LeBron James to the animated court in the sequel to 1996's "Space Jam" with this summer's "Space Jam: A New Legacy."

If everyone on Earth sat in the ocean at once, how much would sea level rise?

By Tony E. Wong

Let’s start by considering a smaller version of the same question.

Curious Kids: We have been trying to contact aliens – but do they want to contact us?

By Jacco van Loon

This is a great question – and the truth is that we don’t know the answer.

Thomas Zurbuchen, associate administrator of NASA's Science Mission Directorate, announces the official name of the Mars rover Perseverance, at Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, Virginia, on March 5, 2020.

Countdown to Mars: How NASA involved kids in its Perseverance rover mission

By Samantha Mathewson

From its "Name the Rover" essay contest to the "Mission to Mars" student challenge, NASA has encouraged students to get involved in the Perseverance mission landing on the Red Planet today (Feb. 18).

A person falling into a black hole and being stretched while approaching the black hole’s horizon.

Curious kids: Could a human enter a black hole to study it?

By Leo Rodriguez, Shanshan Rodriguez

One-month free trial: ABCMouse teaches and entertains kids

By Jeanna Bryner

A great way to keep children busy and learning when stuck indoors.

Chris Hadfield shares his knowledge of spaceflight in an online class.

Explore awesome space and physics courses from MasterClass and The Great Courses

By Elizabeth Howell

With most of us cooped up at home due to the coronavirus pandemic, we've rounded up some educational courses from MasterClass and The Great Courses to dive in-depth into space topics.

NASA has a "NASA at Home" initiative to provide free online resources for space fans of all ages.

'NASA at Home' is bringing space to you daily with incredible resources for all ages

By Chelsea Gohd

Stuck at home? You can now explore the cosmos from the comfort of your living room.

'Space Racers' goes full STEAM ahead with free activities for kids amid coronavirus outbreak

By Samantha Mathewson

The animated TV series "Space Racers" has shared educational content for students during school closures amid the coronavirus outbreak.