Scotland First level

A solar eclipse happens when the Moon passes between the Earth and the Sun. The Moon stops the Sun’s light from reaching the

All of the light we receive on Earth comes from the Sun.

Have you noticed the Moon is brighter some nights than others? And it looks like the Moon changes shape? We call these changes the phases of the Moon.

Have you ever wondered how many stars you can see in the night sky? Did you know that the number you can see depends on where you are?

Comets are large balls of ice, rock and dust but you can think of them as large dirty snowballs that travel through the Solar System. 

Impact craters are made when a space rock (called a meteorite or asteroid) hits a rocky planet or moon. The impact makes a round hole in the surface, called a crater.