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SPACE VOCABULARY

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  • An occasion when the sun disappears from view, either completely or partly, while the moon is moving between it and the earth, or when the moon becomes darker while the shadow of the earth moves over it.
    eclipse
    star gazing
    storm
    meteor shower
  • Any of the groups of stars in the sky that seen from earth to form a pattern and have been given names.
    constellation
    orbit
    universe
    space
  • A person who has been trained for travelling in space.
    engineer
    doctor
    teacher
    astronaut
  • The curved path through which objects in space move around a planet or star.
    universe
    constellation
    galaxy
    orbit
  • An extremely large, round mass of rock and metal, such as Earth, or of gas, such as Jupiter, that moves in a circular path around the sun or another star.
    meteor
    orbit
    comet
    planet
  • A vehicle used for travel in space.
    cable car
    spaceship
    electric tricycle
    submarine
  • A device sent up into space to travel around the earth, used for collecting information or communicating by radio, television, etc.
    spaceship
    control center
    UFO
    satellite
  • A piece of rock or other matter from space that produces a bright light as it travels through the atmosphere.
    star
    comet
    meteor
    moon
  • Relating to creatures from another planet.
    comet
    galaxy fairy
    monster
    alien
  • An object that movs around rhe sub, usually at a great distance from it, that is seen on rare occasions from the eart as a bright line in the sky.
    comet
    meteor
    spaceship
    astronaut