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How Do We Know What Air Is Like on Other Planets?

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This graphic depicts what Mars atmosphere would have looked like to a viewer with ultraviolet-seeing eyes after a meteor shower on Oct. 19, 2014.

Audience

Students

Grade Levels

Grades 9-12

Subject

Spanish, Telescopes, Universe

Type

Videos

In this easy-to-follow video, you’ll learn how scientists investigate the atmosphere on planets many light-years away. You will be introduced to spectroscopy, spectral lines and diffraction grating, tools used to observe planets outside the solar system. Students will also learn about the work that the James Webb Space Telescope will do.

How Do We Know What Air Is Like on Other Planets?