Star In A Star

Physical Astronomy by Daniel Cummings As you walk toward the equator, Mintaka appears to rise higher in the sky.

See Venus What time of night is the best time to see the planet Venus?

Physical Astronomy by Daniel Cummings Seasons are caused by a tilted Earth Use this technique to understand how seasons happen on the Earth.

The Moon is Upside Down The moon as seen from the Southern Hemisphere. source: Wikipedia (rotated).

The Sky Below Us Physical Astronomy by Daniel Cummings In this exercise called "The Sky Below Us" you will learn to see the Earth as a giant ball and understand that the Earth is floating in space.

Physical Astronomy By Daniel Cummings The Speed of Day The "speed of day" is the speed of Earth's rotation: 1600 kilometers per hour (kph) which is about 1000 mph. 1600 kph is fast.

Learn to see the ecliptic Physical Astronomy by Daniel Cummings The sun follows the same path through the sky every day.

Moon Phase Quiz Examine this image of Moon phases made from emojis.

Physical Astronomy by Daniel Cummings.

"'Night' is not what time it is... it is where you are." - Daniel Cummings

Stellarium lets you control time.

Life Stars - Visible Exoplanets Physical Astronomy by Daniel Cummings A "Life Star" is a visible star that could host life.

See the Earth's Orbit in the Moon Physical AstronoMy by Daniel Cummings You can use the moon to "see" the Earth's orbit in the sky and the space beyond.

Train Your Brain - a series of physical astronomy exercises by Daniel Cummings.

Star Sand Just how tiny ARE we?

The light of a star... ...no matter how long it has been traveling through space, ends its journey in your eye.

Physical Astronomy Tool by Daniel Cummings It's Groundhog Day!

An amazing thing is about to happen!

When does a cycle complete?

PHYSICAL ASTRONOMY BY DANIEL CUMMINGS Learn the Moon phases by doing an easy dance.

Hello!

Is what looks like sunset really the sun - "setting"?

A Child's Book Goodnight Moon book cover As a dad, I treasure a well-crafted, uplifting gem of a book like Goodnight Moon by Margaret Wise Brown, Pictures by Clement Hurd.

Memorize this mnemonic: The moon moves toward the dawn.

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