Stars
The star of the solar system we live in
Sun
The closest planet to the Sun and is mostly made up of metal
Mercury
The Moon's gravity pulling on Earth's oceans creates these, which peak twice a day
Tides
Where the next big space mission going to
The Moon
A meteor that has landed on a planet's surface
Meteorite
A star collapse which even light cannot escape
Blackhole
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune all belong to this group of planets
Gas Giants
The name of the Moon phase when the Moon is completely dark and covered in shadow
New Moon
The name of a rover sent to Mars
Perseverance, Curiosity
Opportunity, Phoenix
Viking
This has two tails and is mostly made of ice
Comet
A star explosion
Supernova
This planet has the biggest volcano in the Solar System
Mars
The year humans first set foot on the Moon
1969
The Canadian astronaut going on the next mission to the Moon
Jeremy Hansen
Meteorites have these characteristics
Heavy, black, solid, magnetic, metallic, thumb-shaped imprints
The next star phase for our Sun
Red Giant
This planet has the most moons in the Solar System
Saturn (more than 274!)
The planet in the solar system with the most moons
Saturn (more than 270!)
The newest space telescope that Canadians helped design and takes amazing images of far galaxies
James Webb
Space Telescope
A type of meteorite
Stony, iron, chondrite, pallasite, lunar, Martian
The Sun is mostly made up of this gas
Hydrogen
This planet is blue-green, spins on it's side, and is the coldest planet in the Solar System
Uranus
The Mars-sized asteroid that crashed into early Earth and created the rocky debris that eventually formed Earth's Moon
Theia
The two Indigenous men who designed an astronaut suit patch for a space mission next year are from here
Sagkeeng First Nation
Or
Manitoba
NASA's OSIRIS-Rex landed on this surprisingly loose asteroid
Asteroid Bennu