MS-ESS1-3

Analyze and interpret data to determine scale properties of objects in the solar system.

  1. Planets

    Analyze This: The masses of planets

    Scientists discovered a solar system with planets that are similar in size and mass to Earth. Using data, we take a closer look at that similarity.

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  2. Science & Society

    Cool Jobs: Reaching out to E.T. is a numbers game

    From figuring out if we’re alone in the universe, to writing messages to aliens, scientists use math in many ways in their search for extraterrestrial intelligence.

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  3. Planets

    Scientists Say: Dwarf planet

    Dwarf planets are distinct from the full-size models. A little too small, they also have a lot of space stuff filling their path around the sun.

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  4. Animals

    Cool Jobs: A world aglow

    Three scientists probe how the natural world makes light, in hopes of using this information to design new and better products.

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  5. Physics

    Star caught passing gas before exploding

    Stars can become unstable as they near death, a new study suggests. Some may even spew gas for a year or so before they explode.

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  6. Planets

    Scientists Say: Goldilocks zone

    Not too hot, not too cold. Just right. This is the region around a star where water could be a liquid, instead of a solid or gas.

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  7. Planets

    New solar system found to have 7 Earth-size planets

    A neighboring star system hosts seven Earth-like planets. Especially surprising: Three of those planets appear to reside in a zone that could support life as we know it.

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  8. Physics

    Strange X-rays point to possible ‘dark’ matter

    Scientists have been looking for “dark” matter. It’s supposed to make up most of the universe — but it’s also invisible. X-rays may now point to where some of this weird stuff is.

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  9. Space

    Cool Jobs: Probing Pluto

    The New Horizons mission captivated the world as it flew by Pluto. Here are some of the people who made that possible.

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  10. Space

    Rivers of stars flow between ‘clouds’ orbiting the Milky Way

    Two streams of stars flow between dwarf galaxies known as the Magellanic Clouds. This new finding could give clues to the structure of our Milky Way galaxy.

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  11. Space

    Clouds on Jupiter run surprisingly deep

    Jupiter’s clouds are not just a thin jacket about the planet, new data show.

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  12. Space

    Scientists Say: Comet

    Comets are small solar system objects. When they pass close to their sun, their melting gases and water give them a tail.

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