2. The Sun
• The sun is a big ball of gas and fire.
• It is a star, but is small to stars in other
galaxies.
3. The Moon
• The moon is made of rock.
• It orbits around the earth and takes a
month to travel the whole way round.
• The most likely time you will see the moon
is at night.
• The moon is lit up by the sun and reflects
the light.
4. Gravity
• Gravity is a force that pulls us down to the
earth.
• If you get two objects, one heavier than
the other, they will both fall at the same
speed, unless air resistant's gets in the
way.
• Gravity pulls us towards the sun and pulls
the moon towards us.
• Gravity is all around us.
5. The Solar System
• Our solar system is made of the sun,
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto.
6. U.F.O’s
• U.F.O stands for unidentified flying object.
• U.F.O’s are said are said to be alien
spaceships.
• There is no proof that U.F.O’s are actually
aliens spaceships.
• There is no proof that there are any alien-
lifeforms in our galaxy.
7. The Space Race
• The space race was a race that happened
between 1957 and 1975.
• It was a race between the two countries
USSR and the USA.
• The race was to see which country could
make the right technology to get into
space first.
8. The Moon Landing
• The moon landing was in 1969.
• The people in the shuttle were: Neil
Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and
Michael Collins.
• Neil Armstrong was the first man on the
moon and the comment he is famous for
is “One small step for man, one giant leap
for man kind.”
9. Stars
• Stars are big balls of gas and fire.
• They change colour, from blue to white
then yellow, orange and last, red.
• When they die, they let of all their outer
layer and appear as a small dead star.
• The most powerful stars turn into a black
hole, when they die.
11. Aliens
• There is no proof that aliens actually exist.
• Aliens could look like anything, so people
like to make up what they look like.
• Nobody has travelled beyond the milky
way, there could be aliens in other
galaxies.
12. Orbits
• An orbit is a journey around something, for
instance the Moon orbits the Earth.
• The Earth orbits the Sun and the Moon
orbits the Earth.
• As the Earth goes around the Sun, it ‘s
spins. It’s the same with the Moon.
