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42 objects found
Mercury
planetThe smallest planet and closest to the Sun
4 fun facts
Venus
planetThe hottest planet with a thick toxic atmosphere
4 fun facts
Earth
planetOur home planet, the only known world with life
4 fun facts
Mars
planetThe Red Planet with the largest volcano in the solar system
4 fun facts
Jupiter
planetThe largest planet with a giant storm called the Great Red Spot
4 fun facts
Saturn
planetThe ringed planet famous for its spectacular ring system
4 fun facts
Uranus
planetThe tilted ice giant that rotates on its side
4 fun facts
Neptune
planetThe windiest planet with supersonic winds
4 fun facts
The Moon
moonEarth's only natural satellite
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Io
moonJupiter's volcanic moon with active volcanoes
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Europa
moonJupiter's icy moon with a subsurface ocean
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Titan
moonSaturn's largest moon with lakes of liquid methane
4 fun facts
The Sun
starOur star that provides energy for life on Earth
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Milky Way
galaxyOur home galaxy containing billions of stars
4 fun facts
Andromeda Galaxy
galaxyThe nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way
4 fun facts
Hubble Space Telescope
missionThe telescope that revolutionized our view of the universe
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James Webb Space Telescope
missionThe most powerful space telescope ever built
4 fun facts
Voyager Program
missionTwin spacecraft exploring interstellar space
4 fun facts
Neil Armstrong
astronautFirst human to walk on the Moon
4 fun facts
Sally Ride
astronautFirst American woman in space
4 fun facts
Christina Koch
astronautRecord holder for longest single spaceflight by a woman
4 fun facts
Victor Glover
astronautFirst African American to serve on ISS long-duration crew
4 fun facts
Reid Wiseman
astronautCommander of Artemis II mission
4 fun facts
Jeremy Hansen
astronautFirst Canadian to fly to the Moon
4 fun facts
Frank Rubio
astronautRecord holder for longest single spaceflight by an American
4 fun facts
Kayla Barron
astronautSubmarine officer turned astronaut and ISS crew member
4 fun facts
Halley's Comet
cometFamous comet that returns every 76 years
4 fun facts
International Space Station
missionA laboratory orbiting Earth with astronauts aboard
4 fun facts
Artemis II
missionFirst crewed mission to fly around the Moon since Apollo 17 in 1972
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Artemis III
missionFirst crewed lunar landing in over 50 years
4 fun facts
Lunar Gateway
missionSpace station orbiting the Moon
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Chang'e 6
missionChinese mission to return samples from far side of the Moon
4 fun facts
HAKUTO-R
missionJapanese commercial lunar lander mission
4 fun facts
Perseverance Rover
missionMars rover searching for signs of ancient life
4 fun facts
Bennu
asteroidAncient asteroid visited by OSIRIS-REx
4 fun facts
Ceres
asteroidThe largest object in the asteroid belt
4 fun facts
Pluto
planetA dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt with a heart-shaped region
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Kepler-442b
planetAn Earth-like exoplanet in the habitable zone
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Proxima Centauri b
planetThe closest known exoplanet to our solar system
4 fun facts
Cassini-Huygens
missionMission that explored Saturn and its moons for 13 years
4 fun facts
Apollo 11
missionThe first crewed mission to land on the Moon
4 fun facts
Betelgeuse
starA red supergiant star that will explode as a supernova
4 fun facts