- Arcturus: an example of a red giant
- Black Hole: formed when a star has such a large mass and gravity that not even light can escape from it
- Gravity: a force caused by mass
- Jupiter: the largest planet,has a red spot
- Mars: the red planet, half the size of Earth
- Mercury: scorched planet, closest to sun
- Orion: a constellation of a hunter in space
- Pluto: the smallest, coldest planet
- Solar System: all things that orbit the sun
- Sputnik: the first man-made satellite in space
- Sun: closest star to earth
- Supernova: an old star that is dying, very bright, exploding star
- The Milky Way: the name of the galaxy that the earth is part of
- The Moon: has many craters, because there is no atmosphere to burn up the asteroids before they hit
- Venus: the morning star
- White Dwarf: an old, cold star
- Yellow star: a young star
- Yuri Gargarin: first human in space
- asteroids: bits of space rock between Mars and Jupiter
- constellation: a pattern of stars in the sky
- galaxy: a group of about 100 billion stars
- meteor: another name for a shooting star
- space: no air to breath, weightlessness, cold, no food or water