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1what objects are in the night sky?satellites, stars, moon, planets, ect.
2why can we see some objects only at night?cause the suns lightblocks them out.
3what is a galaxy?a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
4what is the name of our galaxy?the milky way.
5what are stars made of?stars are big exploding balls of gas, mostly hydrogen and helium.
6what is our stars name?Sun.
7how are planets different to stars?Stars are huge balls of hot gas that emit their own light. While a planet is made up of a rock core and doesn't emit light.
8what objects make up our solar system?Our solar system is made up of a star - the Sun - eight planets, 146 moons, a bunch of comets, asteroids and space rocks, ice and several dwarf planets,