Cosmic Cycles: A Space-time Odyssey

NASA SVS | Cosmic Cycles: A Space Symphony | svs.gsfc.nasa.gov | Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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This 2027 bonus page represents something of a departure from past bonus pages. This 2027 bonus page serves as a tribute to—and a celebration of—the magnificent Earth, Moon, Solar System, and the amazing Universe. Courtesy of NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center, Henry Dehlinger, and the National Philharmonic, enjoy the concert including the added "bonus" images and videos below. Most importantly, this 2027 bonus page offers the viewer a figurative opportunity to reach out and touch the Universe.

The Sun
Earth Our Home
Earth as Art
The Moon
Planetary Fantasia
Travelers (DART and OSIRIS-REx)
Echoes of the Big Bang

Bonus Page's Prologue:

Cosmic Cycles - A Space Symphony: 6 Themes image highlights the six themes of Cosmic Cycles: 1. Sun, 2. Earth, 3. Moon, 4. planets, 5. small bodies, and 6. Universe | NASA SVS | Cosmic Cycles: A Space Symphony | svs.gsfc.nasa.gov | Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

image highlights the six themes of Cosmic Cycles: 1. Sun, 2. Earth, 3. Moon, 4. planets, 5. small bodies, and 6. Universe | NASA SVS | Cosmic Cycles: A Space Symphony | svs.gsfc.nasa.gov | Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Watch (Cosmic Cycles Complete Space Symphony)

A Breakout of the Six Themes of Cosmic Cycles:

The Six Themes of Cosmic Cycles: 1. Sun, 2. Earth, 3. Moon, 4. Planets, 5. Small Bodies, and 6. Universe

Cosmic Cycles: Six Themes' Pie Chart | Microsoft Excel | Edward E. Bruessard

Prelude for the Breakout of the 6 Themes:

Watch [Barry White, Mellow Mood (Pt. I)]

SCaN's Minimum Trackable Satellite (Minitrack) Origins October 1, 1957 ()

The SCaN (Space Communications and Navigation) Program operates and manages the Near Space Network (NSN) and the Deep Space Network (DSN), which through a series of Earth-based ground stations and a fleet of space relays in geosynchronous orbit, enables spacecrafts and artificial satellites to transmit critical data to mission operators on Earth. | nasa.gov | Credit: NASA

Theme 1: The Sun

Watch (Cosmic Cycles: The Sun)

Watch (Sun 101 | National Geographic)

Watch (NASA's Parker Solar Probe Touches The Sun For The First Time)

Watch (What Does the Sun Look Like? NOAA Satellite Captures Full Rotation of the Sun!)

The Sun

The Sun in high resolution | esa.int | Credit: ESA & NASA/Solar Orbiter/EUI team; Data processing: E. Kraaikamp (ROB)

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Theme 2: Earth

Watch (Cosmic Cycles: Earth, Our Home)

Watch (Cosmic Cycles: Earth as Art)

Watch (A Journey Through the Atmosphere)

Watch (Our Planet | One Planet | FULL EPISODE | Netflix [David Attenborough])

Watch (One Earth - Environmental Short Film)

Watch (Introducing: NASA's Earth System Observatory)

Watch (Virtual Science on a Sphere: The Blue Marble)

Watch (Earth Orbit)

Earth: Home, Sweet Home NASA SVS | Blue Marble Next Generation | svs.gsfc.nasa.gov | Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

NASA SVS | Blue Marble Next Generation | svs.gsfc.nasa.gov | Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

Earth Today (2027)

The world today | Geospatial, location data for a better world | un.org

Above Ground Biomass 2020 Above ground biomass 2020 | Source: giphy.com | Credit: ESA (Data source: CCI Biomass project)

Above ground biomass 2020 | Source: giphy.com | Credit: ESA (Data source: CCI Biomass project)

Theme 3: The Moon

Watch (Cosmic Cycles: The Moon)

Watch (Jim Lovell - Earthrise)

Watch (The 50th Anniversary of Apollo 17)

Watch (NASA's 4K virtual tour of Earth's moon)

Watch (LROC WAC 643nm Moon Rotation)

The Moon

Moonshot by Artemis II | NASA Johnson | flickr.com | Credit: NASA

The Moon's View of Earth

Earthset by Artemis II from the vantage point of the Moon | images-assets.nasa.gov | Credit: NASA

Theme 4: The Planets

Watch (Cosmic Cycles: Planetary Fantasia)

Watch (2025 September 14 - Planets of the Solar System: Tilts and Spins)

Watch (Orbit of the Planets in the Solar System)

Watch (Sentinels of the Heliosphere)

Watch (The Strangest Secrets Of Every Planet in the Solar System | 4K)

The Solar System Solar System | spaceplace.nasa.gov | Credit: NASA

Solar System | spaceplace.nasa.gov | Credit: NASA

Solar System Model: 0. Sun > 1. Mercury > 2. Venus > 3. Earth/Moon > 4. Mars >
5. Jupiter > 6. Saturn > 7. Uranus > 8. Neptune > 9. Pluto

Sun
Mercury
Venus
Earth & Moon
Mars
Asteroids & Meteoroids
Jupiter
Saturn & Ring
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto

Theme 5: Small [Solar System] Bodies

Watch (Cosmic Cycles: Travelers)

Watch (How Crowded Is The Asteroid Belt Really?)

Watch (4 billion-mile asteroid expedition for OSIRIS REx concludes with Sunday sample return)

Watch (NASA Planetary Defense: The Asteroid Hunters)

Watch (The Discovery That Proved Scientists Wrong | ESA Rosetta Philae)

Watch (Halley's Comet Orbital position from 1900 to 2080)

Small Bodies in the Asteroid Belt Asteroid belt | ESA/Hubble | esahubble.org | Credit: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

Asteroid belt | ESA/Hubble | esahubble.org | Credit: ESA/Hubble, M. Kornmesser

Small Bodies in the Kuiper Belt and the Oort Cloud ESA - Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud in context | esa.int | Credit: ESA

ESA - Kuiper Belt and Oort Cloud in context | esa.int | Credit: ESA

Theme 6: The Universe

Watch (Cosmic Cycles: Echoes of the Big Bang)

Watch (Globular Clusters: Stellar Pockets)

Watch (What Actually Caused The Universe To Be Born?)

Watch (The End of Dark Energy? Scientists May Have Found What’s Really Behind the Universe’s Expansion)

Watch (How Big is The Universe?)

Watch (The Scale of the Universe 2)

Galaxies Flying Through Space

Postlude for the Breakout of the 6 Themes:

Pioneer 10 Launched March 3, 1972 ()

Pioneer 11 Launched April 6, 1973 ()

Voyager 2 Launched August 20, 1977 ()

Voyager 1 Launched September 5, 1977 ()

New Horizons Launched January 19, 2006 ()

The interstellar voyagers - NASA has launced five spacecrafts that will exit the Solar System and travel into interstellar space: Pioneer 10 (launched 03-March-1972), Pioneer 11 (launched 06-April-1973), Voyager 1 (launched 05-September-1977), Voyager 2 (launched 20-August-1977), and New Horizons (launched 19-January-2006). | nasa.gov | Credit: NASA/JHUAPL/SwRI

Watch [Barry White, Mellow Mood (Pt. II)]

Bonus Page's Epilogue:

The National Philharmonic Performs Cosmic Cycles - A Space Symphony

The National Philharmonic Performs Cosmic Cycles - A Space Symphony | flickr.com (nasahqphoto) | Credit: Credit: (NASA/Joel Kowsky)

Watch (Cosmic Cycles: A Space Symphony | Henry Dehlinger | NASA | Steven Hillinger)

NASA SVS | Cosmic Cycles: A Space Symphony | svs.gsfc.nasa.gov | Credit: NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center

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