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The Conversation: Articles on Space

The Conversation has great, simplified research articles on SPACE.

FICTION books in the library with a SPACE theme

Mission Multiverse by Rebecca Caprara
ISBN: 9781419748240
Publication Date: 2022-04-12
During a school field trip to NASA, middle school band geeks Dev, Austin, Tessa, Isaiah, and Meryl are accidentally sent to an alternate universe where they learn that their own universe's destruction is imminent.
Alien Summer #1 by James S. Murray; Carsen Smith
ISBN: 9780593226124
Publication Date: 2022-03-15
On the first day of summer vacation twelve-year-old Viv Harlow just wants to relax, but when a whole race of aliens escape from the famous Area 51 where her mom works, Viv and her friends will have to gear up, work together, and save their parents from alien abduction.
Space Case by Stuart Gibbs
ISBN: 9781442494879
Publication Date: 2015-10-13
Dashiell Gibson, who lives on Moon Base Alpha, has to solve a murder of one of the moon's most prominent doctors. Written by the awesome Stuart Gibbs.
Tiger Honor (a Thousand Worlds Novel, Book 2) by Yoon Lee
ISBN: 9781368055543
Publication Date: 2022-01-04
Thirteen-year-old nonbinary tiger spirit Sebin must decide where their loyalties lie when their traitorous uncle hijacks the battle cruiser that happens to be Sebin's first assignment in the Cadet Program.
The Lion of Mars by Jennifer L. Holm
ISBN: 9780593121818
Publication Date: 2021-01-05
Bell has spent his whole life--all eleven years of it--on Mars. But he's still just a regular kid--he loves cats, any kind of cake, and is curious about the secrets the adults in the US colony are keeping.
When a virus breaks out and the grown-ups all fall ill, Bell and the other children are the only ones who can help. It's up to Bell--a regular kid in a very different world--to uncover the truth and save his family--and possibly unite an entire planet.
Rick Riordan Presents: Dragon Pearl-A Thousand Worlds Novel Book 1 by Yoon Ha Lee
ISBN: 9781368014748
Publication Date: 2020-01-07
Min, a thirteen-year-old girl with fox-magic, stows away on a battle cruiser and impersonates a cadet in order to solve the mystery of what happened to her older brother in the Thousand World Space Forces.
Found by Margaret Peterson Haddix
ISBN: 9781416954170
Publication Date: 2008-04-22
When thirteen-year-olds Jonah and Chip, who are both adopted, learn they were discovered on a plane that appeared out of nowhere, full of babies with no adults on board, they realize that they have uncovered a mystery involving time travel and two opposing forces, each trying to repair the fabric of time.
We Dream of Space by Erin Entrada Kelly
ISBN: 9780062747303
Publication Date: 2020-05-05
Cash, Fitch, and Bird Thomas are three siblings in seventh grade together in Park, Delaware. In 1986, as the country waits expectantly for the launch of the Space Shuttle Challenger, they each struggle with their own personal anxieties.

James Webb Telescope

Images from the James Webb Telescope

Quizzes about Space

Nat Geo Education

National Geographic Education has dozens of great articles, infographics and video clips of SPACE. Start your adventure here!

Geodatos

NG Science Day and Night

Time Zones

Solar System Scope

NASA's Eyes

Experience Earth, our solar system, nearby asteroids, the universe, and the spacecraft exploring them with immersive real-time 3D web-based apps. This site is so cool!

The Size of Space

Take a Ride in the Space Elevator

Fun Space Stuff!

TRACE SPACE BACK TO YOU

Have you ever wondered how space exploration and research impact your daily life?

Is Earth Flat?

ISS

Magazines on Sora

Check out Discovery Magazine on Sora! This magazine often has space articles.

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Millions of royalty free images from 60 of the world's most respected image libraries. Provides high-quality, trustworthy images, with source information and citations

Non Fiction Books about Space

Everything Awesome about Space and Other Galactic Facts! by Mike Lowery (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781338359749
Publication Date: 2021-10-19
The Story of Astronomy and Space
ISBN: 9781409582977
Publication Date: 2014
Destination Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors by Giles Sparrow
ISBN: 1435834496
Publication Date: 2009-08-30
Where Are the Constellations? by Stephanie Sabol; Who HQ; Laurie A. Conley (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780593223734
Publication Date: 2021-07-06
Curiosity: the Story of a Mars Rover by Markus Motum (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9780763695040
Publication Date: 2018-03-13
Think Like an Astronaut by Alex Woolf; David Broadbent (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781039647671
Publication Date: 2022-01-01
Counting on Katherine: How Katherine Johnson Saved Apollo 13 by Helaine Becker; Dow Phumiruk (Illustrator)
ISBN: 9781250137524
Publication Date: 2018-06-19