THE UNIVERSE
VOCABULARY
ASTRONOMY
The science that studies
the Universe.
PLANETS

MOON
SUN
SHOOTING
STAR
STAR
ROCKET

SPACESHIP
ALIENS

COMET
It’s a big mass of ice, dust and
gases that spins around the
sun.

U.F.O

Unidentified Flying
Object.

SATELLITE
It’s an object that spins around a
planet to send us information about it.
ASTEROID

It’s a rock that spins
around the sun. When the
rock breaks into pieces
close to the Earth, they
become shooting stars.

It’s a piece of a rock
(asteroid) that reach the
Earth.

METEORITE
It’s a group of stars that
form drawings like shapes
of animals.

The Big Dipper

CONSTELLATION

NEBULA

It’s a gas cloud.
ASTRONAUT

TELESCOPE
He was the first person to
walk on the Moon.

Apollo 11 was
the spaceflight that landed
the first humans on
the Moon.
He was the first person to
walk on the Moon.

Apollo 11 was
the spaceflight that landed
the first humans on
the Moon.

Space vocabulary