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Video answers to popular astronomy questions

Grades 6 - 12 Science

Cool Cosmos is a NASA education and outreach website for infrared astronomy and related topics, with information on all NASA-involved infrared missions. NASA scientists answer commonly asked questions in the "Ask an Astronomer" video series. (Note, you may need to switch browsers to IE or Chrome for this website to work.) 

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