Stars and Galaxies
Planets
Space Missions
Comets, Asteroids, and Meteorites
Random Facts
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The name of the star in our solar system

The Sun

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About half the size of Earth, this planet is known for its red colour

Mars

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He designed drill bits and other parts for NASA Mars rovers

Aaron Yazzie

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A meteor that has landed on a planet's surface

Meteorite

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The Galaxy we live in

What is the Milky Way

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Our solar system is in this galaxy

The Milky Way Galaxy

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This planet has large rings

Saturn

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The two Indigenous men who designed an astronaut suit patch for a space mission next year are from here.

Sagkeeng First Nation

Or

Manitoba

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This has two tails and is mostly made of ice

Comet

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Planet with a large red spot

Jupiter

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This contains all known galaxies

The Universe

Or

The Cosmos

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Closest planet to the Sun

Mercury

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The name of a rover sent to Mars

Perseverance, Curiosity

Opportunity, Phoenix

Viking

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Meteorites have these characteristics

Heavy, black, solid, magnetic, metallic, thumb-shaped imprints

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Planet between Saturn and Neptune

Uranus

400

All stars begin as this

Nebula

Or

Cloud of Hot Gas and Dust

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These two planets are known as Ice Giants

Uranus and Neptune

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The newest space telescope that Canadians helped design and takes amazing images of far galaxies

James Webb

Space Telescope

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A type of meteorite

Stony, iron, chondrite, pallasite, lunar, Martian

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What is physically separating the inner planets from the outer planets

The asteroid belt

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The method used to tell how far apart galaxies are and how we know the universe is expanding

Red Shift - Blue Shift

Or

Light / Star Colour

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The group of planets that have no rings and few or no moons

Rocky Planets

or 

Terrestrial Planets

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The Canadian going on a NASA mission to orbit the Moon in April next year

Jeremy Hansen Perseverance

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NASA's OSIRIS-Rex landed on this surprisingly loose asteroid

Asteroid Bennu

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An eclipse occurs when which two object line up?

Sun and Moon