What's in Space?

What is in Space?
By Room 8 at Ascot School. This page by Kady

VENUS
Venus is the hottest planet in our solar system. It is the 2nd planet from the sun.
Venus has clouds around it. They are very thick. There is no water there.
By Pearl

EARTH
Earth is the 3rd planet from the sun.
It takes 365 days for the Earth to go around the sun once.
It is the only planet that can support life.
By Ben

MARS
Mars is the 4th planet from the sun.
It is much smaller and colder than Earth.
It looks like a red, rocky desert.
The sky is pink.
By Tamati

JUPITER
Jupiter is so large that you could fit 1300 Earths inside!
It is made of gases and is surrounded by storm clouds.
By Lachlan & Joseph

SATURN
Saturn is known for its beautiful rings.
These rings are made of ice and rock.
Saturn is the second largest planet. It is made of gas.
By Ani& Usharn

URANUS
Uranus is the 7th planet from the sun. It is cold.
It is a bluey planet. It has rings.
By Callum

NEPTUNE
Neptune is the 8th planet from the sun. Neptune is blue.
No-one can stand on Neptune because it is made of gas.
Neptune looks like Uranus.
By Luke & Lorenzo

PLUTO
Pluto is a dwarf planet. Pluto has one moon like Earth.
It is very cold on Pluto.
By Darian & Abdullah

COMETS
Comets are made out of rock and ice.
They have a tail and they move through space.
There is a famous comet called Halley’s Comet.
By Stewart

METEORS
Meteors are made out of rock.
They can hit the Earth or the moon or other planets. They can cause craters.
By Kaydin

THE MILKY WAY
The Milky Way is a big group of stars. It is our galaxy.
If you look at it at night with binoculars you can see that it is made up of thousands of stars.
By Jordyn

STARS
Stars are made of gas.
Stars can be red, blue or yellow.
Stars can die and when they die they don’t glow.
There are millions of stars in the Universe.
By Abby

BLACK HOLES
Black Holes can suck planets up.
They can even suck up rocks and stars.
By Jakab

ASTEROIDS
Asteroids are big hunks of rock in space.
Asteroids are large rocks that orbit the sun.
By Emily

GALAXIES
A galaxy is a group of thousands of stars.
Our galaxy is called The Milky Way.
Galaxies can be all shapes and sizes.
By Ryan

CONSTELLATIONS
Constellations look like pictures in space. They are made up of stars.
Constellations are far away.
At night people can see constellations.
By Angelina

MERCURY
Mercury is the 1st planet from the Sun. Mercury is very, very hot.
It has craters on it. It is the same size as the moon. It is made of rock.
By Joel

THE SUN
The sun is the closest star. The sun is our daytime star.
The sun’s light and heat keeps us alive.
The sun is 93,000,000 miles from Earth.
The sun is made of gas.
By Andrew

THE MOON
The moon doesn’t giveus light on its own.
The moon is a hunk of rock in space.
The moon is very much smaller than the Earth.
By Maddison

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