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Outer Space Walsh

TCM 14632

Level 2.6

Word Count: 606

Reading Level Correlations:

Early Intervention Level 20

Guided Reading Level L

DRA Level 28

Lexile 670L

What do you know about

stars, galaxies, comets,

planets, and the sun?

Become a space explorer, and

take a trip to the ends of

the universe. Who knows

how far you can go?

Outer Space

Outer Space

Kenneth Walsh

Image Credits

Cover: Ordus/iStockphoto; p.4 keren-seg/Shutterstock; p.5 Stephen Firmender/Shutterstock; p.6 David

M. Schrader/Shutterstock; p.8 Babak Tafreshi/Photo Researchers, Inc.; p.9 Chris Wahlberg/Getty Images;

p.10 Rick Whitacre/Shutterstock; p.11 top: NASA/JPL-Caltech; p.11 bottom: NASA/JPL-Caltech/NOA O;

p.12 NASA/JPL-Caltech/R. Hurt (SSC), p.12 Allen WorldWide/Shutterstock; p.13 Horiyan/Shutterstock;

p.14 Konstantin Mironov/Shutterstock; p.15 Jerry Lodriguss/Photo Researchers Inc. and 2MASS Project/

NASA/Photo Researchers Inc.; p.16 NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (NASA-JPL); p.17 European Southern

Observatory/Photo Researchers Inc. and STSCI/NASA/Photo Researchers Inc.; p.19 xfox0/Shutterstock;

p.20 top: Halley Multicolor Camera Team, Giotto Project, ESA; p.20 bottom: BrandonHot/Shutterstock;

p.21 BSIP/Photo Researchers, Inc.; p.22 NASA/JPL-Caltech; p.23 top: Engraved by Beyssent from a drawing

by Mlle. CI.Reydellet/Mary Evans Picture Library; p.23 bottom: oriontrail/Shutterstock; p.24 NASA/

www.nasa.gov; p.25 martiin/uidworkshop/Shutterstock; p.26 top: Neo Edmund/Shutterstock; p.26

bottom: NASA/www.nasa.gov; p.27 NASA/www.nasa.gov; p.28 Rafael Pacheco/Shutterstock; back cover:

BrandonHot/Shutterstock; background: lem/Shutterstock

Based on writing from TIME For Kids.

TIME For Kids and the TIME For Kids logo are registered trademarks of TIME Inc.

Used under license.

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2012 Teacher Created Materials, Inc.

Reprinted 2013

Consultant

Timothy Rasinski, Ph.D.

Kent State University

Publishing Credits

Dona Herweck Rice, Editor-in-Chief

Robin Erickson, Production Director

Lee Aucoin, Creative Director

Conni Medina, M.A.Ed., Editorial Director

Jamey Acosta, Editor

Stephanie Reid, Photo Editor

Rachelle Cracchiolo, M.S.Ed., Publisher

Synched Read-Along Version by:

Triangle Interactive LLC

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ISBN-13: 978-1-68444-801-2 (e-book)

Table of Contents

Twinkle, Twinkle ........................................

Outer Space .................................................

Galaxies ...................................................... 10

Stars ............................................................ 14

The Sun .....................................................

Asteroids, Comets, and Meteors ............

Planets ........................................................ 24

People and Outer Space ..........................

Glossary ...................................................... 28

Twinkle, Twinkle

Twinkle, twinkle little star , do you

know just where you are?

Outer Space

If you are a star, you are somewhere

in outer space . What is outer space? Is it

everything far into the sky?

Yes, outer space is the huge space

that holds everything there is beyond

Earth, from the smallest speck to the

largest galaxy .

Our Universe

Universe is a word for

everything in space,

including Earth.

Outer space is huge. It is so big that

it has not stopped growing! We cannot

reach the edge of space because the ends

keep growing outward.

Imagine if you never stopped

growing!

When we think of outer space, we

usually think of everything far out in the

sky and beyond. We think of galaxies,

stars, and comets . We think of planets

and the sun. All of these things are part

of outer space.

Astronomers

Scientists who observe

and study outer space and

everything in it are called

astronomers .

Galaxies

Galaxies are made of groups of stars,

gas, and dust that are held together by

gravity .

There are billions of galaxies in

outer space. Earth is part of the

Milky Way Galaxy .

The Milky Way

Millions and Billions

A million is 1,000,000. A billion is

1,000,000,000. There are millions of

stars in some galaxies and billions of

stars in others. There are more than

billion stars in the Milky Way. It

would take 3,000 years to count them!

Spitzer Space Telescope

How do we learn about outer space?

One way is to look through powerful

telescopes, like the Spitzer Space

Telescope. The Spitzer is a satellite

orbiting in space and taking pictures for

us. Here is one of the photos it took.

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