The Sun & The Moon
The sun is not a planet, but this kind of glowing space object.
A star
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
Mercury
This is the special outfit astronauts must wear to survive outside in space.
A spacesuit
This is the common name for a meteor that streaks brightly across the night sky.
A shooting star
This is the name of the spiral-shaped galaxy we live in.
The Milky Way
This is the name of Earth's only natural satellite that shines at night.
The moon
This planet is called the "Red Planet" because of its rusty soil.
Mars
He was the very first person to walk on the Moon.
Neil Armstrong
These icy space rocks are nicknamed "dirty snowballs" and grow glowing tails near the Sun.
A comet
This invisible area in space has gravity so strong that nothing can escape it, not even light.
A black hole
This event happens when the Moon blocks out the Sun's light during the day.
A solar eclipse
This planet is the largest planet in our solar system.
Jupiter
This giant flying vehicle is what astronauts ride to zoom into space.
A rocket
This is the giant bowl-shaped dent left behind when a space rock crashes into a moon or planet.
A crater
This is the name for a group of stars that connects like a dot-to-dot picture.
A constellation
It takes this many days for the Earth to orbit the Sun once.
365 days or 1 year
This planet is famous for its large, beautiful rings.
Saturn
This is the abbreviation for the famous American space agency.
NASA
These giant chunks of rock orbit the Sun, mostly between Mars and Jupiter.
An asteroid
This word describes the giant, empty area that contains all of time, space, and galaxies.
The universe
The Sun is at the very center of this neighborhood of planets.
The solar system
This is the only planet where humans are known to live.
Earth
This type of robot rolls around on Mars to take pictures and collect dirt.
A rover
This is a space rock that survives its hot trip through the air and hits Earth's ground.
A meteorite
This famous space telescope was launched in 1990 to take gorgeous photos of distant stars.
The Hubble Space Telescope