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Welcome to Kid-Ventures! This is the place to find games, puzzles, interactive activities, and even some astronomy jokes to tell your friends. The Slideshow link above will show you some of the many letters we here at the Jordan Planetarium have recieved from kids just like you. If you would like to write us a letter, click here for our address.

Once you've read our astronomy jokes and checked out the Slideshow, click on the Galaxy link and check out some astronomy games and puzzles. Have fun!

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¡ Jokes !

After eating his first meal on the moon, the astronaut reported, "The food was good, but the place lacked atmosphere." Q: What is more useful: the sun or the moon?
A: The moon, because the moon shines at night when you want the light, whereas the sun shines during the day when you don't need it.
Q: What kind of star wears sunglasses?

A: A movie star.

Q: What kind of plates do they serve food on in space?

A: Flying Saucers

Q: Why didn’t the dog star laugh at the joke?

A: It was too Sirius


Q: How does the Solar System hold up its pants?

A: With an asteroid belt

 

Q: If you call an asteroid that hits a planet a ‘meteorite’, what do you call the ones that miss?

A: Meteo-wrongs.

Q: Why didn’t the astronaut get burned when he went to the sun?

A: He went at night.

Q: How many balls of string would it take to reach the moon?

A: One. A very large one.

Q: How do we know Saturn was married more than once?

A: Because of all the rings.
Q: When do astronauts have lunch?

A: At launch time.

Q: What kind of saddle do you put on a space horse?

A: A saddle–light

NASA just disclosed details why the Rover wouldn't accept any commands. They took a picture of the Rover's built-in display which showed a Windows screen and the text, "press any key to continue". Q: What's the most popular snack on Mars?

A: Marshmallows.
According to astronomers, next week, Wednesday will occur twice. They say such a thing happens only once every 60,000 years, and, although they don't know why it occurs, they're glad they have an extra day to figure it out.
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