Planets
This planet has the hottest average temperature.
What is Venus?
These are the hottest, brightest stars in the universe.
What are Blue Giants?
This scientist made important contributions to astronomy. He discovered Saturn's rings and Jupiter's four largest moons. He is remembered for standing up to the church and being arrested for defending his findings.
Who is Galileo?
This is a device used to look at far away objects.
What is a telescope?
This is the largest planet in the solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This is the closest star to Earth.
What is the sun?
This scientist developed a theory of gravity that explains the movement of planets around the sun.
Who is Isaac Newton?
This large telescope looks at space while flying around Earth.
What is a space telescope?
This "red planet" was named after the God of War.
What is Mars?
These stars are the coolest in the universe.
What are Red Giants?
This Polish astronomer proposed a heliocentric system in which the planets orbit the sun.
Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?
This first telescope used this to magnify light.
What is a lens?
This is the closet planet to the sun.
What is Mercury?
This is a huge ball of hot, bright gas in space.
What is a star?
In Ancient Greece, this astronomer and mathematician set up a model of the solar system in which the sun, stars, and other planets revolved around Earth.
Who is Claudius Ptolemy?
A reflective telescope uses this to magnify light.
What is a mirror?
This planet is known for its beautiful rings.
What is Saturn?
Our sun is this color.
What is yellow?
This German astronomer determined that the planets orbit the sun in an elliptical path as opposed to a circular orbit.
Who is Johannes Kepler?
This is the largest, most powerful space telescope ever built allowing astronomers to look at what the universe was like after the Big Bang.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?