Astronomy Terms

a large celestial body that is made of gas and emits light

• Planet

• Solar System

• Star

• Galaxy

Major bodies that orbit a star

• Star

• Planet

• Universe

• Solar System

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-3

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

the sun and all of the planets and other bodies that travel around it

• Galaxy

• Solar System

• Planet

• Universe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

A collection of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity

• Solar system

• Universe

• Galaxy

• Planets

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

All of space and everything in it

• Universe

• Solar System

• Galaxy

• Planets

Name of our Galaxy

• Andromeda

• Sun

• Jupiter

• Milky Way