Are there rocks as big as mountains in space?

Have you ever held a little rock in your hand? Feel how hard and bumpy it is. Now think of a mountain, so tall it touches the clouds. How small your rock looks next to it!

High above the sky is space, where the Moon and the stars are. So here is our question. Are there rocks as big as mountains in space? Let's look up and find out together.

Far out in space, lots of rocks drift along on their own. They glide quietly through the dark, far from any home. These rocks are called asteroids, which means space rocks that travel around the Sun. Each one is made of hard rock, like the little rock in your hand.

Asteroids come in all sizes. The smallest ones are about as big as a car. Imagine a car floating quietly among the shining stars! Bigger ones are as large as a house, or even a whole street of houses.

Many asteroids are bigger still. They are as big as a whole mountain! Picture a giant mountain of rock, drifting softly through the dark. Do you think an asteroid could be even bigger than a mountain?

Yes, it can! The biggest asteroids are much wider than any mountain. A car would have to drive all morning to cross one. That is one enormous rock!

Our special word today is asteroid. Yes, many asteroids traveling around the Sun are as big as mountains, and some are bigger.

Next time you hold a little pebble, you can think of its giant asteroid cousins sailing gently far out in space, like big ships on a quiet sea.