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  1. Program Guide & Resources: Stars

    Resource Guide
    Stars are giant balls of gas held together by their own gravity. They have different colors and sizes, and like humans, they have a life cycle: Stars are born, grow old, and eventually die.  With...
    Rectangular graphic illustrating the Stars program theme. The right four-fifths of the graphic consists of an infrared image of the Pillars of Creation from the Webb Space Telescope. The pillars are a ghostly blue-gray color with craggy finger-like tips. Running vertically along the left side of the image is a wide pink bar. In the lower half of the bar is a line drawing of a simple hand-held telescope on a tripod. The telescope points toward a circular field of view showing stylized stars with four-pointed diffraction patterns.

  2. 2024 NASA's Astrophoto Challenge (Summer)

    May 20 through August 5, 2024 Challenge

    Make your own image of the Cassiopeia A (Cas A) with NASA’s Astrophoto Challenge using James Webb Space Telescope data.  Join NASA's Universe of Learning for an exciting opportunity to ...

  3. 2024 NASA's Astrophoto Challenge (Winter)

    December 18, 2023 through February 29, 2024 Challenge

    Make your own image of the Crab Nebula with NASA’s Astrophoto Challenge using James Webb Space Telescope data.  Join NASA's Universe of Learning for an exciting opportunity to use real ...

  4. Science Briefing: Exploring the Lives and Deaths of Stars

    October 5, 2023 Professional Learning Webinar

    In this edition of NASA’s Universe of Learning Science Briefings, we will learn how low-, intermediate-mass, and massive stars evolve in single- and binary-star configurations. Dr. Roger Wesson ...

  5. Stellar Evolution Scavenger Hunt

    Activities
    This activity introduces participants to the stages in the life cycles of massive and low-to-intermediate-mass stars. They will learn how a star’s life cycle depends on its mass by participating...
    Red-orange arcs surround the carbon star CW Leonis. Brilliant searchlight beams from the star’s surface poke through.

  6. Touch the Universe: Adler Planetarium

    3D Object | Program Model
    Touch the Universe uses 3D printed astrophysical objects in combination with visualizations to provide Adler Planetarium guests with a new way of exploring space concepts. It also benefits our guests with...
    3D Printed Astrophysical Objects

  7. Paper Circuits: Light Up Exploded Stars

    Activities
    Paper circuits help learners of all ages explore the basics of electricity (energy that results from the existence of charged particles like electrons or protons) and conductivity (the degree to which...
    Screen shot from video showing a completed paper circuit

  8. Make the Universe: Pensacola MESS Hall

    Program Model
    Make the Universe is a group of activities requiring little to no technology to present to visitors. These cart or booth activities are meant to engage audiences of different ages during sidewalk science...
    People engaged in an art activity at a table

  9. Crab Nebula: The Multiwavelength Structure of a Pulsar Wind Nebula

    Videos
    This visualization features a three-dimensional multiwavelength representation of the Crab Nebula, an iconic remnant of a star that was seen exploding in the year 1054 AD. This is a view looking into the...
    Crab Nebula

  10. Life and Death of Stars Resource Guide

    Resource Guide
    Do stars really move? How do stars form and die? What are nebulas and supernovas? This resource guide contains a range of resources and activities to help you guide audiences as they explore many facets...
    Combined telescope images of the Crab Nebula displayed in red, yellow, green, ultraviolet, and X-ray light

  11. Kepler Supernova Remnant in Multiple Wavelengths (Frame Sets)

    Videos
    In 1604, astronomer Johannes Kepler noted the appearance of a new bright object in the sky, visible to the naked eye for the next 18 months. Today we know that he was seeing the death of a star 20,000...
    Kepler Supernova Remnant in Multiple Wavelengths

  12. Vision Across the Full Spectrum: The Crab Nebula, from Radio to X-ray (Frame Sets)

    Videos
    The Crab Nebula (Messier 1) is the remnant of a supernova that exploded in the year 1054 AD. This mysterious “new star,” as early sky watchers called it, was observed around the world and most...
    The Crab Nebula Radio and X-ray

  13. Vibrant Gaseous Ribbons: The Veil Supernova Remnant (Frame Sets)

    Videos
    This 3D visualization flies across a small portion of the Veil Nebula as photographed by the Hubble Space Telescope. This region is a small part of a huge expanding remnant from a star that exploded many...
    The Veil Supernova Remnant