The Sun's gravity keeps them in orbit.
Planets orbit the Sun because the Sun's gravity pulls them while they want to fly away. It's like a game of cosmic tug-of-war where they keep moving around the Sun in a big circle!
An asteroid is a big rock in space; a meteor is a rock that lights up when it touches Earth's atmosphere.
The Milky Way is our galaxy, and it looks like a milky ribbon in the sky.
A supernova is when a big star bursts into a bright light.
Shooting stars aren't stars; they're tiny space rocks burning up in our sky!
The Sun gives us light and warmth.
Because its soil has lots of iron that makes it look red.
Because it is now called a 'dwarf planet'.
We can tell by looking at the oldest light from stars.
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