Space Wonders for Kids | Learn Space Vocabulary, Planets, Stars & Amazing Facts

[00:00:00]Welcome to Smart Explorer Kids.

[00:00:03]>> Let's learn space vocabulary.

[00:00:10]>> This is a rocket.

[00:00:12]>> Yay. [screaming] >> A rocket is a big machine that flies into space. They go very fast and help us explore the moon, stars, and planets.

[00:00:24]>> Here comes a space shuttle.

[00:00:26]>> Yay! [screaming] A space shuttle is a special spaceship that takes astronauts to space and brings them back.

[00:00:36]>> Look at the launch pad.

[00:00:38]>> Yay.

[00:00:41]>> The launch pad is where rockets stand before they blast off into space.

[00:00:46]>> That's the Mars rover.

[00:00:49]>> Yay. [screaming] >> A Mars rover is a robot car that [music] explores Mars and takes photos and samples.

[00:00:58]This is a telescope.

[00:01:01]>> Yay.

[00:01:03]>> A telescope helps us see far away planets and stars. Big [music] telescopes can even see galaxies.

[00:01:11]>> That's a satellite.

[00:01:13]>> Yay. [screaming] >> A satellite is a machine that goes around Earth. Satellites fly high in the sky and send information to Earth.

[00:01:24]>> Look, it's an astronaut. Yay!

[00:01:27][screaming] >> Astronauts are people who go to space.

[00:01:32]They wear special suits to stay safe and travel in rockets.

[00:01:37]>> This is a space suit.

[00:01:40]>> Yay! [screaming] >> A space suit is a special suit that protects astronauts [music] in space. It lets them move, breathe, and stay safe in space.

[00:01:52]>> That's a space station.

[00:01:54]>> Yay. [screaming] A space station is a big lab that floats in space where [music] astronauts live and work for many months.

[00:02:04]>> Here comes a spacew walk.

[00:02:06]>> Yay! [screaming] >> A spacew walk is when astronauts go outside their [music] spaceship wearing space suits.

[00:02:15]>> This is a space capsule.

[00:02:17]>> YAY! [screaming] A space capsule is a small spaceship that carries astronauts to space and brings them safely back to Earth.

[00:02:28]>> Say hello to the sun.

[00:02:30]>> Yay! [screaming] >> The sun is a big hot ball of fire in space. [music] It gives us light and keeps Earth warm.

[00:02:40]>> Let's discover Mercury.

[00:02:42]>> Yay!

[00:02:45]Mercury is the smallest planet and closest [music] to the sun. It's very hot during the day and freezing at night.

[00:02:53]>> Here is Venus.

[00:02:55]>> Yay. [screaming] >> Venus is a very hot planet covered in thick clouds. It's the second [music] planet from the sun.

[00:03:05]>> This beautiful place is Earth.

[00:03:07][screaming] >> Yay! Yay!

[00:03:10]>> Earth is our home with land, water, air, and everything we need to live.

[00:03:15]>> Up there, that's the moon.

[00:03:17]>> YAY! [screaming] >> The moon is Earth's bright round buddy that lights up our night sky. It goes around Earth in a big circle.

[00:03:27]>> This is Mars.

[00:03:29]>> Yay! [screaming] >> Mars is the red planet. It's dry, dusty, and scientists hope humans might go there one day.

[00:03:39]Meet Jupiter.

[00:03:41]>> Yay! [screaming] >> Jupiter is the biggest planet in our solar system. It has a giant red storm and dozens of moons.

[00:03:52]>> This is Saturn.

[00:03:53]>> Yay! [screaming] >> Saturn is a big planet with beautiful rings made of ice and rock. It's one of the prettiest planets in space.

[00:04:04]>> This is Uranus.

[00:04:06]>> Yay. [screaming] Yay!

[00:04:09]>> Uranus is a blue green planet that spins on its side. It's made mostly of gas and ice.

[00:04:16]>> This is Neptune.

[00:04:18]>> Yay! [screaming] >> Neptune is far away, cold, and windy.

[00:04:24]It's dark blue, [music] and has strong storms.

[00:04:27]>> And that's Pluto.

[00:04:30]>> Yay! [screaming] >> Pluto is a tiny dwarf planet that's super far from the sun. It used to be called the ninth planet.

[00:04:39]>> Here comes a planet.

[00:04:41]>> Yay! [screaming] >> Planets are big round worlds that go around stars like the sun. Some planets are hot, some are cold, and some even have rings.

[00:04:53]>> This is our solar system.

[00:04:56]>> Yay! [screaming] >> The solar system is our space neighborhood with the sun, eight planets, and more.

[00:05:04]This is a star.

[00:05:06]>> Yay. [screaming] >> Stars are bright balls of gas that shine in the sky. The sun is the closest star to us.

[00:05:16]>> You're looking at a galaxy.

[00:05:19]>> Yay. [screaming] >> A galaxy is a huge [music] group of stars, planets, and space dust. Our galaxy is called the Milky Way.

[00:05:30]>> This is the Milky Way. Yay! [screaming] >> The Milky Way is our galaxy. It has billions of stars [music] and planets, including Earth.

[00:05:42]>> This is a nebula.

[00:05:44]>> Yay!

[00:05:47]>> A nebula is a giant cloud of gas and dust in space. [music] It's where new stars are born.

[00:05:54]>> Look at the supernova.

[00:05:56]>> Yay! [screaming] A supernova is a huge star explosion that shines brighter than all the stars around it.

[00:06:06]>> This is a white dwarf.

[00:06:08]>> Yay! [screaming] >> A white dwarf is what's left [music] after a small star dies. It's very small and super hot.

[00:06:17]>> That's a black hole.

[00:06:20]>> Yay! [screaming] A black hole is a mysterious place in space that pulls everything nearby, [music] even light inside it.

[00:06:30]>> Look at the comet.

[00:06:32]>> Yay! [screaming] >> A comet is like a dirty snowball flying through space with a bright tail behind it.

[00:06:40]>> This is a meteorite.

[00:06:42]>> Yay! [screaming] >> A meteorite is a space rock that falls to Earth. It can leave holes called craters. [music] This is a constellation.

[00:06:53]>> Yay. [screaming] >> A constellation is a group of stars.

[00:06:58]People have used constellations to find their way in the sky.

[00:07:03]>> That's an orbit.

[00:07:05]>> Yay. [screaming] >> An orbit is the path something takes when it goes around a planet or [music] star.

[00:07:13]>> That's a meteor shower.

[00:07:15]>> Yay. [screaming] A meteor [music] shower is when lots of shooting stars zoom across the night sky.

[00:07:24]>> This is a shooting star.

[00:07:26]>> Yay. [screaming] >> A shooting star is really a small [music] rock burning up in the sky. It looks like a bright streak.

[00:07:36]>> This is a solar eclipse.

[00:07:38]>> Yay. [screaming] >> A solar eclipse happens when the moon blocks the sun. It makes the sky look dark during the day.

[00:07:48]>> Here comes a lunar eclipse.

[00:07:51]>> Yay! [screaming] >> A lunar eclipse happens when the Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the moon.

[00:07:57]The moon looks dark or red during a lunar eclipse.

[00:08:02]>> Welcome to the universe.

[00:08:04]>> Yay! [screaming] >> The universe is everything. Stars, planets, [music] galaxies, even us.

[00:08:12]>> Yay! [screaming] Yay!

[00:08:14]>> Great job, little explorers. [music] We discovered so many exciting things about space today. Keep imagining. [music] Keep exploring.