Why Is the Sky Blue? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids Blue light is scattered in all directions by the tiny molecules of air in Earth's atmosphere Blue is scattered more than other colors because it travels as shorter, smaller waves This is why we see a blue sky most of the time Closer to the horizon, the sky fades to a lighter blue or white
Why Is the Sky Blue? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids En seguida nos damos cuenta de que el cielo es de color azul ¿Pero alguna vez te has preguntado por qué? Muchas otras personas inteligentes, también se lo han preguntado… ¡Y les ha tomado mucho tiempo averiguar cómo y por qué! La luz del Sol se ve blanca, pero en realidad está compuesta por todos los colores del arcoíris Cuando la luz blanca pasa por un prisma, queda separada en
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What Is an Aurora? | NASA Space Place – NASA Science for Kids There, the particles interact with gases in our atmosphere resulting in beautiful displays of light in the sky Oxygen gives off green and red light Nitrogen glows blue and purple These green bands of light in the winter sky above Alaska are an aurora borealis This is the name for an aurora in the Northern Hemisphere Credit: Sarah Histand
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The Amazing Hubble Telescope - NASA Space Place Many of them are beautiful to look at NASA’s Hubble Telescope captured this image that will leave you starry-eyed! Against an inky black backdrop, the blue swirls of spiral galaxy NGC 6956 stand out radiantly Image Credit: NASA, ESA, and D Jones (University of California – Santa Cruz)