[태그:] kids stories
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Toward the Edge of the Solar System — Episode 6: Uranus, the Planet That Lies on Its Side
Byeol-maru approached a pale, blue-green planet. It looked like a clear sky-colored marble, yet something about it seemed off. A thin ring stood upright around it. “Byeoli, this planet’s ring is standing up! Saturn’s ring was lying flat.” “Right, but it’s not the ring that’s…
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Toward the Edge of the Solar System — Episode 5: Saturn, World of Ice Rings
As Byeol-maru approached Saturn, Hyeongseop held his breath. The massive ring made of countless ice particles, wrapping completely around the planet, was far more overwhelming than anything he’d imagined from just hearing about it. “Whoa… it’s really sparkling.” “Right, those are the same ice and…
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Toward the Edge of the Solar System — Episode 4: Jupiter, the Planet of Giant Storms
As Byeol-maru drew closer to Jupiter, Hyeongseop felt increasingly overwhelmed by its sheer size. The planet was so massive it barely fit within the window, and still spilled past the edges. “Byeoli, it’s huge… just how big is this thing?” “Jupiter is the largest planet…
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Toward the Edge of the Solar System — Episode 3: The Asteroid Belt, Through a Forest of Stone
As Byeol-maru drew closer to the asteroid belt, the number of rocks visible through the window kept increasing. Hyeongseop leaned forward, eyes wide. “Byeoli, we need to be careful! Aren’t we going to crash into one of these rocks?” Byeoli answered, sounding perfectly calm. “This…
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Toward the Edge of the Solar System — Episode 2: Mars, Crossing the Red Desert
The red point grew larger and clearer with every passing moment. When Byeol-maru finally entered Mars’s orbit, Hyeongseop caught his breath at the sight of the red desert filling the entire window. “Byeoli, it’s really Mars. But somehow it feels different from before.” “This time…
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Toward the Edge of the Solar System — Episode 1: Leaving Earth
For several nights in a row, Hyeongseop had been looking up at the sky, turning the same thought over and over. By now he had ridden Byeol-maru to Mars, drifted close enough to almost touch Saturn’s rings, and even peered all the way out at…
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Why Do Stars Have Different Colors?
Today’s QuestionWhy do some stars in the night sky look blue and others look red? Hyeongseop was gazing at the stars scattered outside Byeol-maru’s window when he noticed something odd. Usually he just thought of them all as plain white twinkles, but today the colors…
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Why Does the Moon Have So Many Craters?
As Byeol-maru drew close to the Moon’s surface, the screen filled edge to edge with round craters big and small, endlessly overlapping and layered on top of each other, as if someone had stamped circles across the entire surface. Hyeongseop’s eyes went wide as he…
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Mars’s Two Small Moons, Phobos and Deimos
As Byeol-maru orbited Mars, Hyeongseop spotted a small, lumpy rock shaped like a potato zipping past the window. It was circling Mars so quickly that it nearly vanished from sight in an instant. “Byeoli, what was that? It looked like a totally lumpy chunk of…
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Is Tonight’s Chuseok Moon Really the Roundest of the Year?
Today’s QuestionIs the moon we see on Chuseok really the roundest full moon of the whole year? Hyeongseop sat on a mat spread across his grandmother’s yard, watching a huge, golden moon slowly rise. The smell of holiday food drifted out from the kitchen, and…
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Does Time Flow Differently in Space?
Today’s QuestionDoes a satellite’s clock run faster or slower than a clock on Earth? Hyeongseop was looking at Byeol-maru’s navigation screen when a question suddenly came to mind. “Byeoli, how does this figure out our location so precisely?” “Thanks to signals sent by GPS satellites…
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Andromeda, Our Neighboring Galaxy
As Byeol-maru’s telescope turned toward a very distant point, a hazy, enormous spiral appeared on the screen, similar to yet different from their own galaxy. “Byeoli, is that our Milky Way too?” “No, that’s the Andromeda Galaxy, a neighboring galaxy right next to our own…