Astronomy: Age 9

3 illustrated Astronomy lessons for Age 9.

Earth's Yearly Orbit Earth travels around the Sun on a long, almost circular path. It takes about one year to go all the way around…
One star among many The Sun is a star, and it is only one of a huge number of stars. Those stars are gathered into a galaxy, and t…
The Moon's Borrowed Light The Moon does not make its own light. We see different moon shapes because the Sun lights one half of the Moon…