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- 4. Clouds of gas and dust in space. They can be places where new stars are born or where old ones explode.
- 5. Small rocks or particles in space that can become meteors when they enter Earth's atmosphere.
- 8. Imaginary or speculative beings from other planets or galaxies. People wonder if they exist somewhere in space.
- 9. Icy objects that travel through space and have a bright tail when they come close to the sun. They're like cosmic snowballs.
- 10. Tiny points of light in the night sky that are actually distant suns. They twinkle and form constellations.
- 13. Hole A mysterious region in space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from it.
- 14. Vehicles designed for space travel, like rockets and space shuttles. They're used to explore and study space.
- 15. Rocky objects that also orbit the sun but are smaller than planets. Some are in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
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- 1. Large, round objects that orbit the sun, like Earth, Mars, and Jupiter. They're different from stars because they don't twinkle.
- 2. Another word for the universe as a whole, including everything in space, like stars, galaxies, and planets.
- 3. Vast collections of stars, planets, and other objects in space. Our Milky Way is one of many galaxies in the universe.
- 6. A tool that helps us see distant objects in space. It makes stars, planets, and galaxies look closer and clearer.
- 7. Man-made objects that orbit Earth or other celestial bodies. They're used for communication, weather forecasting, and more.
- 11. Planets that orbit stars outside our solar system. Scientists search for them to learn about other potential worlds.
- 12. System Our sun and all the objects that orbit around it, including planets, moons, asteroids, and comets.