A Night Under a Clear Sky

12 Jul, 2026

Level: Intermediate

Total vocabularies: 123

Minutes to read: 2

Topic: Space

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The night sky was filled with thousands of stars, and I could not stop looking up.

I walked outside after dinner and felt the cool air on my face.

The moon was bright and round, lighting up the field around me.

I looked for the Big Dipper, a group of stars that is easy to find.

Near it, I could see the North Star, which sailors once used to find their way.

The Milky Way stretched across the sky like a river of light.

I knew that each star was actually a giant ball of fire, much like our own sun.

Some of those stars are so far away that their light takes thousands of years to reach us.

A small dot of light moved slowly across the sky - it was a satellite passing overhead.

I also spotted a bright planet near the horizon , which I later learned was Venus.

Scientists believe that billions of planets exist in our galaxy alone.

Some of these planets may be similar to Earth and could support life.

The more I looked, the more I felt how large and mysterious the universe really is.

Standing under that clear sky reminded me that there is so much left to discover .