Students investigate the Hubble telescope's role in astrophysics research. They complete a Webquest, watch a video, view Hubble photographs, play online games, answer discussion questions, and evaluate newspaper articles about optics.

Ninth graders study the Big Bang theory.  For this big bang theory lesson students research the Internet and complete several activities and create a presentation.

Did you know that gold is extraterrestrial? Instead of arising from our planet's rocky crust, it was actually cooked up in space and is present on Earth because of cataclysmic stellar explosions called supernovae. CERN Scientist David...

The expansion and explosion of a star is described at it goes through its nova phase. Current theories are discussed.

Learn what black holes are and the myths that surround them.

PBS site explores the birth of a Supernova and explores its common types.