Awesome Space Facts for Kids

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(50 51 56 1)>Outer space is a fascinating topic that's captured people's imaginations for thousands of years. From movies about alien invasions to true stories about landing on the moon almost everyone on the planet has wondered about space at some point in their lives. Many of these modern ideas about space are influenced by ideas from the ancient world and the earliest discoveries about our universe.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(50 51 56 1)>Space is so important in our daily lives that you might not even realize how often you're talking about it. Do you know that you're bringing up objects from the solar system whenever you mention a day of the week? Though it may be hard to believe in Latin Tuesday is named after Mars and Wednesday is named after Mercury. Some space-related words even stick out after they're translated to English. </span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(50 51 56 1)>Monday </em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(50 51 56 1)>is actually a shorter version of moon-day.</span></p><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(50 51 56 1)>In </span><strong style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(50 51 56 1)><em>SPACE FACTS FOR KIDS</em></strong><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(50 51 56 1)> you'll discover all about:</span></p><ol><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(50 51 56 1)>Fun facts and history</span></li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(50 51 56 1)>The solar system</span></li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(50 51 56 1)>Space phenomena</span></li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(50 51 56 1)>Space exploration</span></li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(50 51 56 1)>Space craft and tech</span></li><li data-list=bullet><span class=ql-ui contenteditable=false></span><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(50 51 56 1)>And so much more!</span></li></ol><p><br></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(50 51 56 1)>There will always be new things to learn as NASA and other space agencies explore different parts of the universe and you'll have opportunities to see natural phenomena like eclipses from time to time. Whether you end up becoming a professional astronaut or you just want to study the stars for fun your interest in space can follow you for the rest of your life.</span></p><p><br></p>