Explore, Play, Discover: Websites, Activities, and More

Use live data to check the weather in space, and learn how it can affect us here on earth.

Identify misalignments in your body by looking at your feet.

The Okeanos Explorer is the newest vessel in NOAA's fleet and the first to be dedicated solely to exploration and discovery missions. Follow along with the scientists and crew on their discovery voyages.

See why these beautiful flowers have attracted generations of admirers.

Why do road bikes have thin tires, while mountain bikes have fat tires?

How has imagery changed the way we look at our bodies—over time and in different cultures?

Come with us to Chaco Canyon in northwestern New Mexico, which is rich with thousand-year-old artifacts of the ancient Pueblo culture and contains sites that appear to have been astronomical observatories.

You can make a light painting with a light source, a darkened room, and a digital camera.

What brings archeologists and astronomers alike to this ten-mile canyon in remote New Mexico?

APE was a four-year Exploratorium project to explore strategies and tactics to shift the role of visitors from passive recipient of information to active participant in the exhibit experience.

Journey into Chaco Canyon, where ancient people built monuments to the cosmos. Journey to Chichén Itzá, where the Maya built monuments to the sun.

Recycle some cans to make after-dinner music!

Just how much fat is in ground beef? You may be surprised.

Explore our 2000 guide to the solar max, the period in the solar cycle during which the number of sunspots is greatest.

Get a behind-the-scenes look at activities and ideas we’re exploring.

Crabeaters have extraordinary teeth, Weddells are downright cute, and leopards are as fierce as their namesake

Why do road bikes have thin tires, while mountain bikes have fat tires?

The 18,000-foot Mt. Parinacota presents some fitness challenges for climbers.

What does it take to block gamma radiation?

A physicist, a scientist, and a musician experiment with sound, music, and acoustics using instruments both real and found.

When you ride a bike in a straight line, you must make many minor corrections in order to stay upright.

Scientific knowledge and a few chemical concoctions can get you through a Bad Hair Day.

Explore the places, people, tools, and ideas behind the origins of matter, the universe, and life itself.

Is it just a glorified plank with roller skate wheels on it? Or is it a highly engineered device through which kids have reclaimed the urban landscape, bringing creativity and style back to the sterile asphalt spaces of sprawl?

See living stem cells and find out why they are the "stem" from which all other cells develop.

Tinker with electricity using common objects: batteries, lights, buzzers, motors, switches, etc.