http://nasawavelength.org/list/2240 Page 1 of 3 NASA's Universe of Learning Science Briefing: AugustCreated by You Last2018 updated 12/3/2018 The resources in this list pertain to the presentation given on August 2, 2018, titled, "Understanding the Origins and Diversity of Planets". ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NASA's Universe of Learning is a program which will integrate NASA's Astrophysics Science Mission Directorate programs, and will advance STEM learning and literacy by creating and delivering a unified suite of education products, programs, and professional development that spans the full spectrum of NASA Astrophysics. NASA's Universe of Learning is partnering with the NASA Museum Alliance to provide professional development briefings for the informal science education community. These briefings provide current NASA Astrophysics themes, content, and resources to the informal community. These curated lists present the resources described during the briefings. To find the briefings, you can go here: http://universe-of-learning.org/science_briefing Citizen Science: Disk Detective Notes: We need your help to discover the birthplace of planets in never-before seen data! Computers often confuse debris disks around stars with other astronomical objects. We need your help to sort out what stars actually have these disks. External Resorce URL: https://www.diskdetective.org Active Accretion Notes: AAAS Benchmarks: 4A/H6, 4G/E3, 11B/E4 More info: http://nasawavelength.org/resource/nw-000-000-002-787 Resource URL: http://wayback.archive-it.org/5717/20140812000241/http://discovery.nasa.gov/educat ion/pdfs/Active%20Accretion_Discovery_508.pdf Exoplanet Travel Bureau Notes: This set of 360 surfaces and travel posters envision a day when the creativity of scientists and engineers will allow us to do things we can only dream of now. External Resorce URL: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/alien-worlds/exoplanet-travel- bureau/ These external resources were not reviewed for the NASA Wavelength collection. http://nasawavelength.org/list/2240 Page 2 of 3 NASA's Universe of Learning Science Briefing: August 2018NASA's Eyes: Eyes on Exoplanets Notes: Welcome to NASA's Eyes, a way for you to learn about your home planet, our solar system, the universe beyond and the spacecraft exploring them. External Resorce URL: https://eyes.nasa.gov/eyes-on-exoplanets.html Eyes on Exoplanets Tutorial 1: The Basics Notes: Learn more about how to use the basic functions of Eyes on Exoplanets External Resorce URL: https://exoplanets.nasa.gov/resources/1051/eyes-on- exoplanets-tutorial-1-the-basics/ Exploring Solar Systems Across the Universe Notes: AAAS Benchmarks: 12D/P3, 4A/H6, 12D/M6, 1B/E3a More info: http://nasawavelength.org/resource/nw-000-000-003-009 Resource URL: http://messenger.jhuapl.edu/Learn/pdf/MissionDesign_G9-12_L1.pdf Exoplanets | Cool Cosmos Notes: Cool Cosmos is a website of resources related to the infrared universe, including informational text, videos, lesson plans, and more. It was created as part of the Spitzer Space Telescope education efforts. This link is to the Exoplanet-related resources. External Resorce URL: http://coolcosmos.ipac.caltech.edu/page/exoplanets Spitzer Space Telescope: TRAPPIST-1 Notes: In the year since NASA announced the seven Earth-sized planets of the TRAPPIST-1 system, scientists have been working hard to better understand these enticing worlds just 40 light-years away. Thanks to data from a combination of space- and ground-based telescopes, we know more about TRAPPIST-1 than any other planetary system besides our solar system. External Resorce URL: http://www.spitzer.caltech.edu/trappist-1 Chandra May Have First Evidence of a Young Star Devouring a Planet e :: 18 July 18 Notes: Chandra Press Room: "Scientists may have observed, for the first time, the destruction of a young planet or planets around a nearby star. Observations from NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory indicate that the parent star is now in the process These external resources were not reviewed for the NASA Wavelength collection. http://nasawavelength.org/list/2240 Page 3 of 3 NASA's Universe of Learning Science Briefing: August 2018of devouring the planetary debris. This discovery gives insight into the processes affecting the survival of infant planets." External Resorce URL: http://chandra.si.edu/press/18_releases/press_071818.html First Confirmed Image of Newborn Planet Caught with ESO’s VLT | ESO Notes: Press Releases: "SPHERE, a planet-hunting instrument on ESO’s Very Large Telescope, has captured the first confirmed image of a planet caught in the act of forming in the dusty disc surrounding a young star. The young planet is carving a path through the primordial disc of gas and dust around the very young star PDS 70. The data suggest that the planet’s atmosphere is cloudy." External Resorce URL: http://www.eso.org/public/news/eso1821/ Hubble Gets Best View of a Circumstellar Debris Disk Distorted by a Planet Notes: HubbleSite: News - Astronomers have used NASA's Hubble Space Telescope to take the most detailed picture to date of a large, edge-on, gas-and-dust disk encircling the 20-million-year-old star Beta Pictoris. External Resorce URL: http://hubblesite.org/news_release/news/2015-06 Hubble Directly Observes Planet Orbiting Fomalhaut Notes: HubbleSite: News - Astronomers using NASA's Hubble Space Telescope have taken the first visible-light snapshot of a planet orbiting another star. The images show the planet, named Fomalhaut b, as a tiny point source of light orbiting the nearby, bright southern star Fomalhaut, located 25 light-years away in the constellation Piscis Australis. External Resorce URL: http://hubblesite.org/news_release/news/2008-39/91-astronomical Spitzer Finds Organics and Water Where New Planets May Grow Notes: News: Researchers using NASA's Spitzer Space Telescope have discovered large amounts of simple organic gases and water vapor in a possible planet-forming region around an infant star, along with evidence that these molecules were created there. External Resorce URL: https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/news/news.php?release=2008-042 These external resources were not reviewed for the NASA Wavelength collection..