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 give us light on its own.

• The moon is a hunk of rock in space.

• The moon is very much smaller than the Earth.

• By Maddison