Planet

planet is an astronomical body orbiting a star or stellar remnant that is massive enough to
be rounded by its own gravity, is not massive enough to cause thermonuclear fusion, and
has cleared its neighbouring region of planetesimals

galaxy

A galaxy is a gravitationally bound system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark
matter.[1][2]The word galaxy is derived from the Greek galaxias (γαλαξίας), literally "milky", a reference
to the Milky Way. Galaxies range in size from dwarfs with just a few hundred million (108) stars
to giants with one hundred trillion(1014) stars,[3] each orbiting its galaxy's center of mass.

Star

star is type of astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its
own gravity. The nearest star to Earth is the Sun. Many other stars are visible to the naked eye from
Earth during the night, appearing as a multitude of fixed luminous points in the sky due to their
immense distance from Earth. Historically, the most prominent stars were grouped
into constellations and asterisms, the brightest of which gained proper names. Astronomers have
assembled star cataloguesthat identify the known stars and provide standardized stellar
designations. However, most of the stars in the Universe, including all stars outside our galaxy,
the Milky Way, are invisible to the naked eye from Earth. Indeed, most are invisible from Earth even
through the most powerful telescopes.

Rocks

Space Rocks
10.28.04
Space. It's not just a cool place to explore -- it rocks. And, space has many rocks! The rocks in
space are sometimes called small bodies. Some of them are larger and are called minor planets
or planetoids. They may also be known as NEOs -- Near Earth Objects. Whatever they may be
called, they have much to tell us about our solar system. The three main types of space rocks
are comets, asteroids and meteoroids.

Asteroids

Asteroids are minor planets, especially those of the inner Solar System. The larger ones have also
been called planetoids. These terms have historically been applied to any astronomical object
orbiting the Sun that did not show the disc of a planet and was not observed to have the
characteristics of an active comet. As minor planets in the outer Solar System were discovered and
found to have volatile-based surfaces that resemble those of comets, they were often distinguished
from asteroids of the asteroid belt.[1] In this article, the term "asteroid" refers to the minor planets of
the inner Solar System including those co-orbital with Jupiter.

Comets

comet is an icy small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to
release gases, a process called outgassing. This produces a visible atmosphere or coma, and
sometimes also a tail. These phenomena are due to the effects of solar radiation and the solar
wind acting upon the nucleus of the comet. Comet nuclei range from a few hundred metres to tens of
kilometres across and are composed of loose collections of ice, dust, and small rocky particles. The
coma may be up to 15 times the Earth's diameter, while the tail may stretch one astronomical unit. If
sufficiently bright, a comet may be seen from the Earth without the aid of a telescope and may
subtend an arc of 30° (60 Moons) across the sky. Comets have been observed and recorded since
ancient times by many cultures.

Meteor

meteoroid (/ˈmiːtiərɔɪd/)[1] is a small rocky or metallic body in outer space.

Meteoroids are significantly smaller than asteroids, and range in size from small grains to one-meter-
wide objects.[2] Objects smaller than this are classified as micrometeoroids or space dust.[2][3][4] Most
are fragments from comets or asteroids, whereas others are collision impact debris ejected from
bodies such as the Moon or Mars
Black hole

black hole is a region of spacetime exhibiting such strong gravitational effects that nothing—not
even particles and electromagnetic radiation such as light—can escape from inside it.[1] The theory
of general relativity predicts that a sufficiently compact mass can deform spacetime to form a black
hole.[2][3] The boundary of the region from which no escape is possible is called the event horizon.
Although the event horizon has an enormous effect on the fate and circumstances of an object
crossing it, no locally detectable features appear to be observed.[4] In many ways a black hole acts
like an ideal black body, as it reflects no light.[5][6] Moreover, quantum field theory in curved
spacetime predicts that event horizons emit Hawking radiation, with the same spectrum as a black
body of a temperature inversely proportional to its mass. This temperature is on the order of
billionths of a kelvin for black holes of stellar mass, making it essentially impossible to observe.

Shooting stars

Shooting star is a common name for the visible part of a small dust and rocks from space as it
travels through the Earth's atmosphere while burning up which gives it the commonly known name of
a shooting star. If large enough, the meteoroid will fall to sea or land and be considered a meteorite.