space Crossword Puzzles

Earth & Space 2023-04-03

Earth & Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. when one tectonic plate moves underneath another
  2. the natural process of wearing away by wind, water or other natural agents
  3. molten rock below Earth’s surface
  4. a scientific instrument that detects seismic waves
  5. a molecule made of three oxygen atoms bonded together
  6. Earth’s rigid outer zone (crust and upper mantle), made up of tectonic plates
  7. a point in Earth’s crust where lava erupts
  8. a sea wave caused by the displacement of water as a result of an earthquake or other disturbance
  9. all the water on Earth
  10. the point on Earth’s surface directly above the focus of an earthquake
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  1. frozen soil in the Arctic
  2. a break in Earth’s surface where blocks of rock slide past each other
  3. all of the living things on Earth
  4. the portion of Earth’s mantle underneath the lithosphere that can flow
  5. a measure of the amount of destruction caused by an earthquake
  6. Earth’s middle layer, made up of two layers
  7. the origin of an earthquake
  8. a measure of the energy released by an earthquake
  9. the layer of gas that surrounds Earth and is 600 km thick
  10. molten rock above Earth’s surface
  11. an intense tropic storm that forms over warm oceans

21 Clues: all the water on Earth • frozen soil in the Arctic • the origin of an earthquake • all of the living things on Earth • molten rock below Earth’s surface • molten rock above Earth’s surface • a point in Earth’s crust where lava erupts • Earth’s middle layer, made up of two layers • when one tectonic plate moves underneath another • ...

Space Vocab 2020-05-15

Space Vocab crossword puzzle
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  1. a celestial body orbiting a star.
  2. the quantity of matter in which a body contains.
  3. a number which scales, or multiplies, some quantity.
  4. a celestial object made up of a nucleus of ice and dust.
  5. the name we use to describe all the things in space.
  6. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft.
  7. a mostly spherical area that is around the Solar System.
  8. has wavelengths longer than those of visible light.
  9. a celestial body resembling a small planet.
  10. an instrument made to make far objects look closer
  11. eight planet and their moons orbiting the Sun.
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  1. a place of the Solar System beyond the orbit of Neptune.
  2. the natural satellite of the earth.
  3. a system of millions or billions of stars.
  4. a fixed luminous point in the night sky.
  5. the branch of science which deals with objects in space.
  6. a torus-shaped region in the Solar System,
  7. an artificial body placed in orbit around a planet.
  8. a unit of astronomical distance.
  9. an imaginary line about which a body rotates.

20 Clues: a unit of astronomical distance. • a celestial body orbiting a star. • the natural satellite of the earth. • a fixed luminous point in the night sky. • a system of millions or billions of stars. • a torus-shaped region in the Solar System, • a celestial body resembling a small planet. • an imaginary line about which a body rotates. • ...

SPACE VOCABULARY 2020-05-05

SPACE VOCABULARY crossword puzzle
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  1. a region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune, believed to contain many comets, asteroids, and other small bodies made largely of ice
  2. The total amount of matter in an object
  3. the region of interplanetary space between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter in which most asteroids are found
  4. The most widely accepted and used civil calendar internationally.
  5. a cloud of comets and other objects. Astronomers believe it is way beyond the orbits of Pluto and the Kuiper belt
  6. space and time are two aspects of spacetime. Spacetime is curved when there is gravity, matter, energy, and momentum. E=mc^2
  7. a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star
  8. The branch of science that studies the stars, planets, and other objects in space
  9. A natural satellite of a planet; an object that revolves around a planet
  10. The distance the light travels in one year
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  1. A natural or artificial object that orbits another object in space
  2. An imaginary line that runs through the middle of an object around which the object rotates; a line at the side or bottom of a graph
  3. An optical instrument that makes distant objects appear larger and brighter using lenses or curved mirrors
  4. All existing matter and space considered as a whole
  5. The curved path of one object, such as a planet or a moon, around a central object, such as a star or planet
  6. the collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies in the form of asteroids, meteoroids, and comets
  7. a celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas and dust particles pointing away from the sun
  8. A large system of dust, gas, stars, and other celestial bodies that has a particular shape
  9. any massive self-luminous celestial body of gas that shines by radiation derived from its internal energy sources
  10. An explanation of the origin of the universe stating that it started small and expanded over billions of years

20 Clues: The total amount of matter in an object • The distance the light travels in one year • All existing matter and space considered as a whole • a celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star • The most widely accepted and used civil calendar internationally. • A natural or artificial object that orbits another object in space • ...

Exploring Space 2021-02-24

Exploring Space crossword puzzle
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  1. The plane that takes astronauts into space.
  2. The person who flies an airplane.
  3. Full of holes and absorbs water.
  4. When plane comes down to the ground.
  5. Machine that helps the shuttle fly into space.
  6. When plane rises into air.
  7. Everywhere outside of the earth.
  8. A machine that does work for us.
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  1. Scientist who goes into space.
  2. stay on top of water or up in air.
  3. A machine that helps you see very far.
  4. Force of nature that pulls things downward.
  5. The place where everyone lives.
  6. A test to find out something.
  7. The person who directs a group.
  8. Something extremely large.
  9. A device that turns machines on or off.
  10. People working on a ship or airplane.
  11. Gadgets that helps people work.
  12. Any costume worn for special activity or job.

20 Clues: Something extremely large. • When plane rises into air. • A test to find out something. • Scientist who goes into space. • The place where everyone lives. • The person who directs a group. • Gadgets that helps people work. • Full of holes and absorbs water. • Everywhere outside of the earth. • A machine that does work for us. • The person who flies an airplane. • ...

Paul & Space 2021-04-03

Paul & Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Largest planet in our neighborhood
  2. Follower of Christ
  3. they spread the good news
  4. was stoned at the approval of paul
  5. Paul
  6. Motel
  7. pursued
  8. to transform
  9. the milky way is a...
  10. travels about 300 million m/s
  11. Paul was a _____ citizen.
  12. a religion and type of people
  13. on the road to here, paul fell
  14. our star, the sun
  15. Healed paul
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  1. the semitic language
  2. Gathering place for Christ's followers
  3. someone on a mission
  4. Wanderer
  5. a disciple that was put in his place by paul
  6. blocks light, lunar or solar
  7. Method of transport
  8. said,"why do you persecute me."
  9. amaurotic
  10. perseverance is here
  11. governs our tides

26 Clues: Paul • Motel • pursued • Wanderer • amaurotic • Healed paul • to transform • governs our tides • our star, the sun • Follower of Christ • Method of transport • the semitic language • someone on a mission • perseverance is here • the milky way is a... • they spread the good news • Paul was a _____ citizen. • blocks light, lunar or solar • travels about 300 million m/s • a religion and type of people • ...

space crossword 2021-10-12

space crossword crossword puzzle
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  1. Of, or relating to, the Sun
  2. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  3. The fifth largest planet from the Sun and the largest in the Solar System
  4. The farthest-known solar planet from the Sun
  5. The galaxy that includes the Solar System
  6. A scientist who studies the stars, planets, and other natural objects in space
  7. A celestial body that orbits the sun and has a spherical shape, but is not large enough to disturb other objects from its orbit
  8. The total or partial obscuring of one celestial body by another
  9. American former astronaut, engineer, and fighter pilot who made three spacewalks
  10. A regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one
  11. A place where gravity has become so strong that nothing around it can escape, not even light
  12. An astronaut of the Soviet or Russian space program
  13. A group of stars in the sky that make up a certain pattern
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  1. A space vehicle
  2. A small, rocky object that orbits the Sun, much like a planet
  3. The first person to walk on the moon
  4. 186,282 miles per second
  5. The whole of all matter, energy, planets, galaxies, and space
  6. The first Indian-born woman in space
  7. A place equipped for observation of natural phenomena
  8. An American engineer, physician, and former NASA astronaut who became the first black woman in space
  9. A giant cloud of dust and gas in space
  10. A point in the year when day and night are equally as long

23 Clues: A space vehicle • 186,282 miles per second • Of, or relating to, the Sun • The first person to walk on the moon • The first Indian-born woman in space • A giant cloud of dust and gas in space • The galaxy that includes the Solar System • The farthest-known solar planet from the Sun • National Aeronautics and Space Administration • ...

Space :thumbup: 2022-06-10

Space :thumbup: crossword puzzle
Across
  1. an icy, small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases
  2. an object spinning on its own axis
  3. the brightness of a celestial object
  4. a point in space where gravity is so strong not even light can escape
  5. a device created to give evidence to earths orbit
  6. a point directly above
  7. the concept/theory of the sun being the centre of the universe / solar system
  8. every single object and chunk of matter combined
  9. a system of millions or billions of stars combined with gas and dust held together with gravity
  10. an object obscuring the light to / from another object
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  1. a collection of stars forming an image
  2. One of the two points within an ellipse whose distance apart determines the eccentricity of the ellipse
  3. a telescope in space made to discover galaxies outside our own
  4. a fixed luminous point in the sky
  5. the theory that earth is the centre of the universe / solar system
  6. a measure of how high up a certain point / object is
  7. a fragment of spatial matter that falls to the surface of a planet.
  8. the centre of the solar system
  9. the man who made Hubble
  10. a small rocky / metallic body in outer space
  11. an objects rotation around another object in space

21 Clues: a point directly above • the man who made Hubble • the centre of the solar system • a fixed luminous point in the sky • an object spinning on its own axis • the brightness of a celestial object • a collection of stars forming an image • a small rocky / metallic body in outer space • every single object and chunk of matter combined • ...

Space Systems 2022-07-13

Space Systems crossword puzzle
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  1. a nuclear reaction in which nuclei fuse together to form heavier nuclei and release energy
  2. the curved path of a celestial object around a star, planet, or moon
  3. A planet covers the same amount of space in the same amount of time no matter the point in its orbit
  4. a system of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction
  5. A planet’s orbital period is proportional to the size of its orbit
  6. the largest star in terms of volume; spectral class K or M
  7. the physical universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere
  8. a core of a star that is composed of mostly electron-degenerate matter
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  1. a catastrophic explosion that ejects most of the star’s mass
  2. the different wavelengths of energy produced by a light source
  3. more than 100 substances that cannot be chemically broken down or reduced
  4. Planets move in elliptical orbits with the Sun as the focus
  5. a way to describe the expansion of the universe.
  6. a region in space with a gravitational pull so large that nothing can escape; forms after a supernova if the star has enough energy
  7. the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves
  8. an object of small radius but large density, made up of mostly neutrons; forms after a supernova
  9. a giant cloud of dust and gas in space
  10. a star with low or intermediate mass; surface temperature 5000K or less
  11. a ring-shaped nebula formed from expanding gas around an aging star
  12. a chemical process in which two or more substances work together and are changed into different substances

20 Clues: a giant cloud of dust and gas in space • the emission of energy as electromagnetic waves • a way to describe the expansion of the universe. • the physical universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere • the largest star in terms of volume; spectral class K or M • Planets move in elliptical orbits with the Sun as the focus • ...

INDIA - SPACE 2022-08-01

INDIA - SPACE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Release from slavery/imprisonment
  2. 3rd ISRO Chairman, Mathematician
  3. Hypothetical spacial jumping
  4. Freedom Rights
  5. All of space and time
  6. This movement marked Mahatma Gandhi’s entry into national politics
  7. Aims at Landuse and water distribution
  8. Nonviolent resistance/ truth force
  9. Chinese Astronaut
  10. Exemptions of Isotropy
  11. The only river in India that flows from east to west
  12. Mother is it's abbreviation
  13. Study of celestial objects and phenomena
  14. Withdrawal as protest
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  1. Times before events were recorded
  2. ISRO NASA Joint project
  3. Quality of devotion to one's own country.
  4. Complex huge data processing
  5. Last viceroy of India
  6. Largest unit of distance
  7. ISS is collaboration of ____ space agencies
  8. Action of Driving or pushing forward
  9. Designer of our National Flag
  10. Lieutenant Governor during Jallianwala Bagh massacre
  11. set in motion
  12. IRNSS aids ______
  13. Aryabhatta mission type
  14. Earth's magnetic field
  15. a Space research committee established by Jawaharlal Nehru
  16. Language of Indo-Aryan branch of South Asia

30 Clues: set in motion • Freedom Rights • IRNSS aids ______ • Chinese Astronaut • Last viceroy of India • All of space and time • Withdrawal as protest • Earth's magnetic field • Exemptions of Isotropy • ISRO NASA Joint project • Aryabhatta mission type • Largest unit of distance • Mother is it's abbreviation • Complex huge data processing • Hypothetical spacial jumping • Designer of our National Flag • ...

Space Crossward 2017-12-17

Space Crossward crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Also a type of chocolate bar
  2. Give off their own light(stars)
  3. The space shuttles lifts off from a ______ pad
  4. A phase where the moon appears completely black
  5. _____ is used to described anything of or relating to the moon
  6. Hottest planet with no moons
  7. Closest planet to the sun
  8. ______system
  9. Refers to any type of vehicle that travels in space
  10. The _____ Space station is NASA's labratory in space
  11. Means to resolve around
  12. Large group of stars and planets found in the universe
  13. Dark areas on the surface of the sun
  14. Also known as "Dirty Snowballs"
  15. Most visible in our night sky
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  1. Another name for shooting star
  2. Saturn has these
  3. Neil Armstrong was the first to walk on the _____
  4. Meteors that did not burn up as they fell through our atmosphere and hit earth
  5. Rotates on its side and has 27 moons
  6. All planets resolve around the _____
  7. A big bowl-shaped depression created from where meteors hit earth
  8. When the moons position blocks our veiw of the sun
  9. IS blue because o vf methane gas
  10. The sun is made up of 70% of ______
  11. The galaxy where earth is located
  12. It is the largest planet
  13. An _____ is a person who travels in space
  14. The very middle of the sun
  15. Earth spins on its ______
  16. The only planet able to support life
  17. Has 53 moons and has 1000+ rings made of ice and rock
  18. _____ power helps power the International Space Station

33 Clues: ______system • Saturn has these • Means to resolve around • It is the largest planet • Closest planet to the sun • Earth spins on its ______ • The very middle of the sun • Also a type of chocolate bar • Hottest planet with no moons • Most visible in our night sky • Another name for shooting star • Give off their own light(stars) • Also known as "Dirty Snowballs" • ...

Space Science 2018-01-22

Space Science crossword puzzle
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  1. time it takes a planet to complete one full rotation on its axis
  2. he formulated the law of universal gravitation
  3. it is this season in Australia in June
  4. when the area of sunlight is at a maximum in one hemisphere and at a minimum in the other hemisphere
  5. the earth-centered model of the solar system
  6. an event during which one object in space casts a shadow onto another
  7. the darkest part of the shadow
  8. this scientist proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system
  9. smaller bodies that orbit most of the planets
  10. __________ force is the inward force that causes an object to move in a circular path
  11. the word that scientists use to describe space and all of the energy and matter in it
  12. the beginning of planets
  13. a ________ moon appears to grow
  14. this scientist proposed the geocentric model of the solar system
  15. the lighter outer cone of the shadow
  16. a body that orbits a larger body
  17. the Milky Way is this type of galaxy
  18. tidal cycles occur _____ minutes later each day
  19. month when it is our winter solstice
  20. these orbit between Mars and Jupiter; made of rock and/or metal
  21. the spinning of a body, such as a planet, on its axis
  22. the Earth, sun and moon are all _______ up during spring tide
  23. areas where very little matter exists
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  1. the force of attraction between objects
  2. a ________ moon appears to shrink
  3. this side is illuminated when the moon is waning
  4. the time it takes Earth to complete one full revolution around the sun
  5. his first principle states that planets move in elliptical orbits
  6. point when a planet is farthest from the sun
  7. the sun-centered model of the solar system
  8. these are often called “shooting stars”
  9. an example of a gas giant planet; farthest from the sun
  10. characterized by a pattern of temperature and other weather trends
  11. the motion of a body that travels around another body in space
  12. when sunlight shines equally on the Northern and Southern hemispheres
  13. a spherical body that orbits the sun
  14. an example of a terrestrial planet; closest to the sun
  15. a large celestial body that is composed of gas and emits light
  16. tides that have the smallest daily tidal range
  17. these are made of ice, dust and gas; most are found in the Oort Cloud or Kuiper Belt
  18. a large collection of stars, gas and dust
  19. point when a planet is closest to the sun
  20. a lunar eclipse will only occur on a ______ moon
  21. tides that have the largest daily tidal range
  22. daily changes in the level of ocean water
  23. the path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space

46 Clues: the beginning of planets • the darkest part of the shadow • a ________ moon appears to grow • a body that orbits a larger body • a ________ moon appears to shrink • a spherical body that orbits the sun • the lighter outer cone of the shadow • the Milky Way is this type of galaxy • month when it is our winter solstice • areas where very little matter exists • ...

Space stuff 2019-04-01

Space stuff crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The dark central part of a sunspot.
  2. Either of the two days of the year on whichneither hemisphere is tilted or away from the sun.
  3. The part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part.
  4. A streak of light in the sky produced by the burning of a meoroid in Earth's atmosphere.
  5. The blocking of sunlight to Earth that occurs when the moon is directly between the sun and Earth.
  6. The blocking of sunlight to the moon that occurs when Earth is directly between the sun and the moon.
  7. One of the different apperant shapes of the moon as seen from Earth.
  8. The force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center.
  9. An object that orbits a planet
  10. The action of rotating around an axis or center.
  11. The path of an object as it revolves aroung another object in space.
  12. A pattern or grouping of stars that people imagine to represent a figure or an object.
  13. A chunk of rock or dust 9n space, generally smaller than an asteroid.
  14. The tide with the least difference between consecutive low and high tides.
  15. A system of organizing time that defines the beginning, length, and divisions of a year.
  16. A ball of hot gas, primarily hydrogen and helium, that undergoes nuclear fusion.
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  1. The scientific law that states that every object in the universe attracts every other object.
  2. An object that orbits a star and is large enough to become rounded by its own gravity.
  3. The alternate rising and falling of the sea, usually twice in each lunar day at a particular place, due to the attraction of the moon and sun.
  4. A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid.
  5. The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another.
  6. When the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon, marked by the longest and shortest days.
  7. An imaginary line that passes through a planet's center and its north and south poles, about which the planet rotates.
  8. The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
  9. A loose collection of ice and dust that orbits the sun, typically in a long, narrow orbit.
  10. The tide with a buldge in the middle and arms that spiral outward in a pinwheel pattern.
  11. Dark, flat areas if the moon's surface formed from huge ancient lava flows.

27 Clues: An object that orbits a planet • The dark central part of a sunspot. • The action of rotating around an axis or center. • The part of a shadow surrounding the darkest part. • A large round pit caused by the impact of a meteoroid. • The partial or total blocking of one object in space by another. • One of the different apperant shapes of the moon as seen from Earth. • ...

The Space 2019-11-20

The Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the biggest explosion.
  2. It has got rings.
  3. Thing that goes around a star
  4. Rock that crashes with a planet.
  5. the farest planet in the Solar System
  6. The hottest planet in the Solar System
  7. The biggest planet of the Solar System.
  8. It has a lot of stars in there.
  9. The fastest thing.
  10. The smallest particle.
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  1. The satellite of the earth
  2. A rock in the space
  3. An explosion of a star.
  4. the biggest thging.
  5. The smallest planet of Solar System
  6. A big ball of fire
  7. It's called the ''Blue planet''.
  8. The 7th planet.
  9. The red planet
  10. A very small planet.

20 Clues: The red planet • The 7th planet. • It has got rings. • A big ball of fire • The fastest thing. • A rock in the space • the biggest thging. • A very small planet. • the biggest explosion. • The smallest particle. • An explosion of a star. • The satellite of the earth • Thing that goes around a star • It has a lot of stars in there. • Rock that crashes with a planet. • ...

Space (wowowowow) 2019-08-07

Space (wowowowow) crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A measure of the total amount of material in a body
  2. The largest planet in our solar system
  3. A large grouping of stars
  4. A natural or artificial object that moves around a planet
  5. An exploding star that produces an extremely bright light
  6. A large spherical object that orbits the sun or and another star
  7. A zodiac symbol representing a fish
  8. The farthest planet from the sun
  9. A small rocky object in orbit around the Sun
  10. A bright ball of hot gas
  11. The planet we all live on
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  1. Known as the "red planet"
  2. a small celestial body, primarily made of ice and rock
  3. The hottest planet in our solar system
  4. A noncontact force keeping us on Earth
  5. The total or partial blocking of one celestial body by another
  6. A layer of gases, surrounding a planet, moon or star
  7. A large cloud of dust and gas that is in space
  8. The planet with the most moons in our entire solar system
  9. The closest planet to the sun

20 Clues: A bright ball of hot gas • Known as the "red planet" • A large grouping of stars • The planet we all live on • The closest planet to the sun • The farthest planet from the sun • A zodiac symbol representing a fish • The hottest planet in our solar system • A noncontact force keeping us on Earth • The largest planet in our solar system • ...

space crossword 2023-05-16

space crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. amount of matter in an object
  2. brightest star
  3. giant dying star in final stage
  4. spectrum radiation type range
  5. contracting mass of gas
  6. different views from different positions
  7. to remain unchanged
  8. rapidly rotating neuron star
  9. magnitude measure of luminosity
  10. star collapsed core of giant star
  11. attraction force
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  1. magnitude measure of star brightness
  2. explosion of a star
  3. dwarf faint star
  4. small body of matter in space
  5. nebula gaseous condensation cloud
  6. diagram graph intrinsic brightness
  7. celestial object of dust and ice
  8. small rocky object orbiting sun
  9. galaxy twisted collection of stars
  10. hole space region where nothing escapes
  11. star system of two stars
  12. massive and remote celestial object
  13. union by melting

24 Clues: brightest star • union by melting • attraction force • explosion of a star • dwarf faint star • to remain unchanged • contracting mass of gas • star system of two stars • rapidly rotating neuron star • amount of matter in an object • small body of matter in space • spectrum radiation type range • small rocky object orbiting sun • celestial object of dust and ice • ...

Space Quiz 2023-07-02

Space Quiz crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This plant holds the Guinness World Record for being ‘the first plant to flower', on board the Soviet Union’s Salyut-7 space station in the year 1982.
  2. She was the first Indian woman to go into space. The entire crew of Columbia could not survive as the space shuttle in which they were returning from space exploded.
  3. On 12th April 1961 this Russian Cosmonaut became the first man to go into space. The spacecraft, Vostok 1, circled the earth for 108 minutes, and landed back on earth after two hours.
  4. These were the first animals to be launched into space in the year 1947. For food, they had corn on the spacecraft.
  5. This Russian woman was the first woman in the world to go into space in the year 1963. She even has a crater named after her on the far side of the Moon.
  6. He was the second man to step on the moon alongside the first man.
  7. Boeing, the aeroplane company that makes the Jumbo Jet developed this moon car in 1971. It was called the _________ and was used to explore the moon.
  8. He was the first Indian astronaut to go into space.
  9. This was the first satellite that was launched into space on 4th October 1957 by Russia. It was also the first satellite that orbited around the earth. The name of this satellite means "Satellite" in Russian.
  10. The first monkey to travel into space on 14th June 1949. The rocket flew to a height of 83 miles from the earth.
  11. The first rocket launched in the year 1942 , reached 100 km from the surface of the Earth, i.e. reach the boundary of space. It was designed by Wernher Von Braun.
  12. The first animal to orbit the earth was this Russian space dog. It travelled in Sputnik 2 In November 1957. Its name means "Barker" in Russian. Sending it in space helped scientists to observe and research if human beings could survive in space.
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  1. He was the first man to step on the moon on 20th July 1969.
  2. He is considered as the “Father of Indian Space Program”. He was instrumental in establishing ISRO.
  3. This was the first spacecraft that was completely designed and fabricated in India. It was named after a famous Indian astronomer. This satellite was launched by a Soviet Kosmos-3M rocket on April 19, 1975.
  4. This is a huge space station for research and space exploration that began construction in 1986, with the final major module arriving in 2010.
  5. This American millionaire became the first space tourist on 28th April 2001. He paid an amount of approximately 20 million dollars for a ride in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft. He spent almost a week in the ISS.
  6. This was India’s first experimental satellite launch vehicle that put the satellite Rohini into the orbit around the earth. This marked the entry of India as a sixth member of the exclusive space club of nations.
  7. She was the first British astronaut to go into space in 1989. She spent eight days in space conducting scientific experiments.
  8. This is the first Indian satellite to orbit the moon. It was launched on 22 October 2008, Sriharikota. The satellite made more than 3400 orbits around the moon.

20 Clues: He was the first Indian astronaut to go into space. • He was the first man to step on the moon on 20th July 1969. • He was the second man to step on the moon alongside the first man. • He is considered as the “Father of Indian Space Program”. He was instrumental in establishing ISRO. • ...

OUTER SPACE 2023-07-12

OUTER SPACE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. COLDEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
  2. FIRST ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITE
  3. DEMOTED TO "DWARF PLANET" IN 2006
  4. THE "RED PLANET"
  5. BIG ________, CONSTELLATION WITH 7 BRIGHT STARS
  6. ASTEROID _____ ORBITING BETWEEN MARS AND JUPITER
  7. NEIL ______
  8. POLARIS, ALSO KNOWN AS "THE ____ STAR"
  9. "HEY DIDDLE DIDDLE, THE CAT AND THE _____, THE COW JUMPED OVER THE MOON"
  10. PERSON TRAINED TO TRAVEL IN SPACE
  11. FIRST PLANET FROM THE SUN
  12. ICE AND DUST PARTICLES ORBIT THE SUN, HAS A "TAIL"
  13. LARGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
Down
  1. PLANET WHO SHARES NAME WITH ROMAN GOD OF THE SEA
  2. U.S. GOVERNMENT AGENCY IN CHARGE OF SPACE SCIENCE AND TRAVEL
  3. SPACE CRAFT DESIGNED TO PROPEL INTO THE AIR
  4. HOTTEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
  5. LAYERS OF GAS THAT ENVELOP A PLANET
  6. THIS SPACE SHUTTLE EXPLODED JANUARY 28TH, 1986
  7. CONTROLS THE OCEAN TIDES
  8. COLD WAR RIVALRY TO REACH THE MOON FIRST
  9. PLANET FAMOUS FOR ITS RINGS
  10. SMALL ROCKY OBJECT THAT ORBITS THE SUN
  11. WHERE WE LIVE
  12. _____ ALDRIN

25 Clues: NEIL ______ • _____ ALDRIN • WHERE WE LIVE • THE "RED PLANET" • CONTROLS THE OCEAN TIDES • FIRST PLANET FROM THE SUN • PLANET FAMOUS FOR ITS RINGS • FIRST ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITE • DEMOTED TO "DWARF PLANET" IN 2006 • PERSON TRAINED TO TRAVEL IN SPACE • COLDEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM • HOTTEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM • LARGEST PLANET IN OUR SOLAR SYSTEM • ...

Space Vocab 2023-12-11

Space Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A celestial body that revolves around a planet.
  2. Large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the sun.
  3. Remains of meteoroids that strike the surface of the earth or the moon.
  4. The force of attraction that pull objects towards each other, controls the motion of our solar system.
  5. The luminous celestial body around which the Earth and other planets revolve and from which they receive heat and light.
  6. A natural chunk of rock or dust existing outside of Earth’s atmosphere.
  7. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration. An American government agency dedicated to space exploration.
  8. Any of the large celestial bodies that revolve around the sun in the solar system.
  9. The investigation of physical conditions in space and on stars, planets and other celestial bodies.
  10. Something that orbits around another object, can be natural or man-made.
  11. A vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside Earth’s atmosphere.
  12. The father of modern science, made improvements to the telescope and discovered the 4 largest moons of Jupiter.
Down
  1. a building or place that is equipped for observation of natural phenomena.
  2. An orbiting space satellite that began construction in 2001 with the cooperation of 16 countries.
  3. Small meteoroid that burns upon entry of Earth’s atmosphere.
  4. An unmanned spacecraft designed to explore the solar system and transmit data back to Earth.
  5. An optical instrument for viewing distant objects.
  6. A celestial body of ice, dust, and rock with an elongated and elliptical orbit.
  7. A ball of gas in space that produces its own light and heat.
  8. A reusable spacecraft designed for travel or operation outside Earth’s atmosphere.

20 Clues: A celestial body that revolves around a planet. • An optical instrument for viewing distant objects. • Large and small rocks or metallic masses orbiting the sun. • Small meteoroid that burns upon entry of Earth’s atmosphere. • A ball of gas in space that produces its own light and heat. • Remains of meteoroids that strike the surface of the earth or the moon. • ...

Outer Space 2023-11-14

Outer Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - "Relating to a galaxy"
  2. - "A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern"
  3. - "A vehicle designed for travel or operation in outer space"
  4. - "A large spacecraft in orbit around the Earth"
  5. - "An instrument for observing distant objects in space"
  6. - "Travels to space in a spacecraft"
  7. - "A cloud of gas and dust in space"
  8. - "An object that orbits a planet"
Down
  1. - "The path that an object takes around another in space"
  2. - "An area in space with intense gravitational pull"
  3. - "A vehicle that travels into space"
  4. - "A celestial object with a bright tail"
  5. - "A rocky object in space, smaller than a planet"
  6. - "Relating to the universe as a whole"
  7. - "Relating to or originating from outside Earth"
  8. - "A small particle from space that burns upon entering Earth's atmosphere"
  9. - "Relating to the regions of space between stars"
  10. - "A vast system of stars, gas, and dust"
  11. - "A giant ball of hot, glowing gases"
  12. - "Orbits the sun; Earth is one of these"

20 Clues: - "Relating to a galaxy" • - "An object that orbits a planet" • - "Travels to space in a spacecraft" • - "A cloud of gas and dust in space" • - "A vehicle that travels into space" • - "A giant ball of hot, glowing gases" • - "Relating to the universe as a whole" • - "A celestial object with a bright tail" • - "A vast system of stars, gas, and dust" • ...

Space Crossword 2023-12-03

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. transition to outer space from Earth's atmosphere
  2. force that keeps the planets & Moons in orbit
  3. when the day & nights are equally 12 hours but the day's are getting longer
  4. when the hemisphere is tilted toward the Sun; long days & short nights
  5. spinning on an axis
  6. an explanation that is proven by measurable experiments & data
  7. model where the Sun revolves around Earth
  8. tide when the Moon's force is less strong
  9. somewhat round objects that orbit a star that does not have a clear path
  10. lunar means
  11. a scientific guess or idea
  12. moving air due to density differences
  13. layer where weather & life occurs
  14. when Sun, Earth, & Moon are aligned. The Earth's shadow is casted on the Moon, turning it . . .
  15. Moon decreasing in light
  16. eruptions of radiation due to energy
  17. tide when the Moon's force is strong
  18. determines how direct & concentrated solar rays hit Earth
  19. outer part of Sun's atmosphere
  20. ____ side is lit during a 3rd Quarter Moon
  21. giant cloud of dust & gas
  22. Lunar Eclipse only happens on the ___ Moon
  23. biggest cause to changing seasons as Earth orbits the Sun
  24. affected by the gravity of the Sun & Moon on Earth
  25. evidence gained through observation of patterns
  26. less than half the Moon is lit
  27. harmful radiation produced by Sun
  28. layer where the Northern Lights occur
  29. a galaxy type that is oval in shape
  30. icy objects that orbit the Sun; with a tail
Down
  1. layer of oxygen that blocks out radiation & traps heat around Earth
  2. when the hemisphere is tilted away from the Sun; short days & long nights
  3. spots on Sun that are dark in color
  4. when the Sun, Moon, & Earth are aligned. The Moon blocks the Sun's light, creating a . . .
  5. comparison to where plants are kept because the atmosphere traps heat inside Earth
  6. layer where asteroids burn up
  7. collection of gas, gust, & billions of stars held by gravity
  8. Moon increasing in light
  9. galaxy type with a center & extending "arms"
  10. _____ side is lit during a 1st Quarter Moon
  11. rock objects that orbit Sun
  12. more than half the Moon is lit
  13. spherical objects that orbit a star with a clear path
  14. when the day & night are equally 12 hours but the nights are getting longer
  15. layer where the ozone layer is
  16. model where Earth revolves around the Sun
  17. a galaxy type that does not have a shape
  18. massive, self-luminous gas balls
  19. Solar Eclipse only happens on the ___ Moon
  20. bright features extending from Sun's surface
  21. solar means
  22. when your location on Earth is facing the Sun
  23. when your location on Earth is facing away from the Sun
  24. an explanation based on evidence

54 Clues: lunar means • solar means • spinning on an axis • Moon increasing in light • Moon decreasing in light • giant cloud of dust & gas • a scientific guess or idea • rock objects that orbit Sun • layer where asteroids burn up • more than half the Moon is lit • layer where the ozone layer is • outer part of Sun's atmosphere • less than half the Moon is lit • massive, self-luminous gas balls • ...

Space Exploration 2023-08-21

Space Exploration crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The path an object takes as it revolves around another in space.
  2. Vehicle designed to travel in outer space propelled by engines.
  3. Term used to describe potential extraterrestrial life forms.
  4. Instrument used to observe distant objects in space.
  5. Relating to the Moon or its characteristics.
  6. Small icy body that develops a bright tail when near the Sun.
  7. The act of traveling and investigating new places.
  8. Trained individual who travels and works in space.
  9. Name of the NASA program that sent humans to the Moon.
Down
  1. Uncrewed vehicle designed to explore the surface of a planet.
  2. A cloud of gas and dust in space where new stars are born.
  3. Uncrewed spacecraft sent to gather data in space.
  4. A planet that orbits a star outside our solar system.
  5. Occurring or situated between stars.
  6. Artificial object placed in orbit around a celestial body.
  7. Abbreviation for the International Space Station.
  8. Russian term for a person who travels in space.
  9. The fourth planet from the Sun, often targeted for exploration.
  10. Vast system of stars, gas, and dust bound by gravity.
  11. Relating to the Sun or the Sun's energy.

20 Clues: Occurring or situated between stars. • Relating to the Sun or the Sun's energy. • Relating to the Moon or its characteristics. • Russian term for a person who travels in space. • Uncrewed spacecraft sent to gather data in space. • Abbreviation for the International Space Station. • The act of traveling and investigating new places. • ...

Space race 2023-09-01

Space race crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - U.S. space agency
  2. - Moon station
  3. - First man on the Moon
  4. - Space-related
  5. - Rocket type
  6. - Russian astronaut
  7. - Astronomical tool
  8. - EVA activity
  9. - Mars vehicle
  10. - Pre-launch ritual
  11. - First human in space
  12. - Space explorer
  13. - Universe
  14. - First satellite
Down
  1. - Competition
  2. - On the Moon
  3. - Circular path
  4. - Astronaut's gear
  5. - Space station
  6. - Rocket launch
  7. - Soviet spacecraft
  8. - Moon missions
  9. - U.S. President
  10. - Space study
  11. - Liftoff
  12. - Space program
  13. - Moon-related
  14. - Launch vehicle
  15. - Force in space
  16. - Red planet

30 Clues: - Liftoff • - Universe • - Red planet • - Competition • - On the Moon • - Rocket type • - Space study • - Moon station • - Moon-related • - EVA activity • - Mars vehicle • - Circular path • - Space station • - Rocket launch • - Space-related • - Moon missions • - Space program • - U.S. President • - Launch vehicle • - Force in space • - Space explorer • - First satellite • - Astronaut's gear • - U.S. space agency • ...

Space racer 2023-09-01

Space racer crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Force in space
  2. - Soviet spacecraft
  3. - Space study
  4. - Liftoff
  5. - Moon-related
  6. - U.S. space agency
  7. - Circular path
  8. - Astronaut's gear
  9. - U.S. President
  10. - Rocket launch
  11. - First satellite
  12. - Space explorer
  13. - Space-related
  14. - Red planet
Down
  1. - First human in space
  2. - Mars vehicle
  3. - Moon missions
  4. - On the Moon
  5. - Russian astronaut
  6. - Space program
  7. - Astronomical tool
  8. - Space station
  9. - Universe
  10. - First man on the Moon
  11. - EVA activity
  12. - Pre-launch ritual
  13. - Moon station
  14. - Competition
  15. - Rocket type
  16. - Launch vehicle

30 Clues: - Liftoff • - Universe • - Red planet • - On the Moon • - Space study • - Competition • - Rocket type • - Mars vehicle • - Moon-related • - EVA activity • - Moon station • - Moon missions • - Space program • - Space station • - Circular path • - Rocket launch • - Space-related • - Force in space • - U.S. President • - Space explorer • - Launch vehicle • - First satellite • - Astronaut's gear • - Russian astronaut • ...

Outer Space 2023-09-26

Outer Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A scientist who studies celestial objects and the universe (10 letters).
  2. An activity where astronauts leave their spacecraft and float in space (9 letters).
  3. A ringed planet known for its striking rings (6 letters).
  4. A planet that orbits a star outside our solar system (9 letters).
  5. A celestial body that orbits a star and has its own gravity (6 letters).
  6. The force that attracts two objects with mass toward each other (7 letters).
  7. A celestial object made of ice, dust, and gas, with a tail when near the sun (6 letters).
  8. All of space, time, matter, and energy in existence (8 letters).
  9. A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern in the sky (12 letters).
  10. A vehicle used for space travel that propels itself by expelling exhaust gases (6 letters).
  11. A region of space with gravitational pull so strong that nothing can escape it (8 letters).
Down
  1. Relating to the sun (5 letters).
  2. Special clothing designed to protect astronauts in space (9 letters).
  3. A vast cloud of gas and dust in space, where new stars are born (6 letters).
  4. An object that orbits a planet or star (9 letters).
  5. A small celestial object that burns up upon entering Earth's atmosphere (6 letters).
  6. A smaller chunk of rock or metal in space (8 letters).
  7. A person trained to travel and work in space (9 letters).
  8. A massive collection of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter (6 letters).
  9. An instrument used to observe distant objects in space (9 letters).

20 Clues: Relating to the sun (5 letters). • An object that orbits a planet or star (9 letters). • A smaller chunk of rock or metal in space (8 letters). • A ringed planet known for its striking rings (6 letters). • A person trained to travel and work in space (9 letters). • All of space, time, matter, and energy in existence (8 letters). • ...

Space Characteristics 2024-05-15

Space Characteristics crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The planet that has the greatest gravitational pull.
  2. Is the largest object that currently sits in the Kuiper belt.
  3. Has a strong enough gravity that not even light can escape it.
  4. One of Jupiter's four main moons.
  5. One of the two ice giants in our solar system.
  6. Held together by self-gravity and visible to the naked eye.
  7. It contains minor planets that are in the icy group.
  8. A planet outside of our solar system, located 50 light years away from the Pegasus Constellation.
  9. The most common element in our solar system.
  10. Comes from either the Kuiper Belt or Oort Cloud.
Down
  1. A huge ring around the outer solar system that contains icy bodies.
  2. A dwarf planet shaped like an egg.
  3. A younger version of a star that has not reached it's stage of stellar evolution.
  4. Has rings that bend around it.
  5. Layer of gas that surrounds the Earth.
  6. Rocky debris that is left from the formation of planets
  7. Made up of hydrogen, and cosmic dust.
  8. Contains millions of asteroids larger than one kilometer.
  9. Star in the middle of our solar system.
  10. Is able to stop suns radiation.

20 Clues: Has rings that bend around it. • Is able to stop suns radiation. • One of Jupiter's four main moons. • A dwarf planet shaped like an egg. • Made up of hydrogen, and cosmic dust. • Layer of gas that surrounds the Earth. • Star in the middle of our solar system. • The most common element in our solar system. • One of the two ice giants in our solar system. • ...

CONFIND SPACE 2024-08-14

CONFIND SPACE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. LOCK OUT
  2. HEAT RESISTANT GLOVES
  3. SHOLDER PAD
  4. VERTIGO TEST
  5. BREATHING APPARATUS
  6. GOOGLES
  7. WATCH PERSON
  8. COVERALL SUIT
  9. FAN
  10. WATCH PERSON JACKET
  11. JACKET
  12. FIRST AID
  13. EMERGENCY LIGHT
  14. HEAT RESISTANT SHOE
  15. RESCUE TEAM
  16. EMERGENCY ASSEMBLY POINT
  17. MASK
  18. ATMOSPHERE TEMPERATURE
  19. PERMIT
Down
  1. EMERGENCY STOP
  2. CONFINED SPACE PERMIT
  3. ACCESS CARD
  4. EAR PLUG
  5. GREEN TAG
  6. TAG OUT
  7. MASK
  8. HARNESS
  9. RED TAG
  10. GLOVES
  11. EMERGENCY EXIT
  12. SAFETY NET
  13. HELMET
  14. WATCH PERSON NOTE
  15. SCAFFOLDING
  16. CROSS HELMET
  17. FIRE EXTINGUSHER
  18. ALUMINIUM SUIT
  19. SAFETY BELT
  20. OXYGEN METER

39 Clues: FAN • MASK • MASK • GLOVES • JACKET • HELMET • PERMIT • TAG OUT • GOOGLES • HARNESS • RED TAG • LOCK OUT • EAR PLUG • GREEN TAG • FIRST AID • SAFETY NET • ACCESS CARD • SHOLDER PAD • SCAFFOLDING • RESCUE TEAM • SAFETY BELT • VERTIGO TEST • WATCH PERSON • CROSS HELMET • OXYGEN METER • COVERALL SUIT • EMERGENCY STOP • EMERGENCY EXIT • ALUMINIUM SUIT • EMERGENCY LIGHT • FIRE EXTINGUSHER • WATCH PERSON NOTE • BREATHING APPARATUS • ...

SPACE CROSSWORD 2024-03-03

SPACE CROSSWORD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The study of celestial objects and phenomena
  2. For every action, there is an equal and opposite…
  3. The largest planet in our solar system
  4. Forces that are equal and opposite in direction and Do NOT cause a change in motion on an object
  5. A change in speed or direction according to Newtons second law of motion
  6. A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern
  7. While space probes operate primarily in the vacuum of space, they encounter some resistance when passing through an atmosphere
  8. The force that propels a spacecraft forward
Down
  1. The force that keeps planets in orbit around the sun
  2. These types of forces do cause a change in speed on an object
  3. These exist in a wide disk beyond Neptune called the Kuiper Belt and take less than 200 years to orbit the Sun
  4. Name for Newton’s First Law
  5. The vehicle that carries astronauts to and from space
  6. The space agency responsible for the Apollo moon missions
  7. A massive celestial body that emits light
  8. The natural satellite of Earth
  9. The region beyond Earth’s atmosphere
  10. The path that a planet follows around the sun
  11. The third planet from the sun
  12. The closest star to Earth

20 Clues: The closest star to Earth • Name for Newton’s First Law • The third planet from the sun • The natural satellite of Earth • The region beyond Earth’s atmosphere • The largest planet in our solar system • A massive celestial body that emits light • The force that propels a spacecraft forward • The study of celestial objects and phenomena • ...

Space Kid 2023-10-12

Space Kid crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The main hero
  2. Space Kid
  3. Ninja Penguin’s Base
  4. Turtle Boy’s Archenemy
  5. Space Kid’s brother and main villain
  6. Alternate Universe Space Kid who is evil
  7. CIA director
  8. Vigilante from LA
  9. Robot that went bad
  10. Ninja Penguin’s Army
  11. Turtle Boy’s ship
  12. Space Kid’s girlfriend
  13. Space Kid’s other brother, former villain, Space Kid’s alter ego when he is the vigilante Dark Spy in LA
  14. CIA agent
Down
  1. Turtle Boy
  2. The youngest hero
  3. The Adventurer’s ship
  4. Ninja Penguin’s archenemy
  5. Space Kid’s alter identity when he fakes his death
  6. Ninja Penguin
  7. Space Kid’s ship
  8. The second hero
  9. Space Kid’s right hand man
  10. Space Kid’s former general, hunts him done during Fallen Allies
  11. Space Pig
  12. Space Kid’s good friend

26 Clues: Space Kid • Space Pig • CIA agent • Turtle Boy • CIA director • The main hero • Ninja Penguin • The second hero • Space Kid’s ship • The youngest hero • Vigilante from LA • Turtle Boy’s ship • Robot that went bad • Ninja Penguin’s Base • Ninja Penguin’s Army • The Adventurer’s ship • Turtle Boy’s Archenemy • Space Kid’s girlfriend • Space Kid’s good friend • Ninja Penguin’s archenemy • ...

Space Vocab 2023-10-04

Space Vocab crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a measure of how oval-shaped an orbit is (the more circular the orbit, the LESS eccentric it is)
  2. an object’s orbital motion around another object
  3. an astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity
  4. the change in frequency of a wave (or other periodic event) for an observer moving relative to its source
  5. Earth-like planets made up of rocks or metals with a hard surface
  6. the whole cosmic system of matter and energy of which Earth is a part
  7. the daily changes in the level of the ocean water at any given place
Down
  1. a huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems, all held together by gravity
  2. a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another
  3. the beginning of the universe as one single point that stretched and expanded into what it is now
  4. any of the four largest planets in our solar system, on the far side the asteroid belt, furthest from the Sun
  5. a celestial body that is in orbit around a Sun and has a nearly round shape
  6. one of two points inside an ellipse (oval) that determine the shape of its curve
  7. an object’s spinning motion around its own axis
  8. a moon, planet or machine that orbits a planet or star
  9. the partial or total blocking of light of one celestial object by another
  10. a cosmic snowball of frozen gases, rocks, and dust that orbits the Sun
  11. an invisible line around which an object rotates or spins
  12. a streak of light in the sky caused by a space rock crashing through Earth’s atmosphere
  13. the universal force of attraction acting between all matter
  14. a small rocky body orbiting the sun

21 Clues: a small rocky body orbiting the sun • an object’s spinning motion around its own axis • an object’s orbital motion around another object • a moon, planet or machine that orbits a planet or star • an invisible line around which an object rotates or spins • the universal force of attraction acting between all matter • ...

Space Camp 2024-05-30

Space Camp crossword puzzle
Across
  1. simulators flown in Mach 3
  2. what will call coordinators and management
  3. last name of CEO
  4. kay taylor's job title
  5. General Admission plus a planetarium show for groups
  6. the first director of Space Camp
  7. the simulation floor
  8. the name of the shuttle outside
  9. general email inbox
Down
  1. First week of camp 2024
  2. customer insight analyst
  3. $105 item in the giftshop
  4. the sequel to robotics
  5. the name of our Apollo capsule
  6. filling in for Jennifer Bradford
  7. an invitaition only program
  8. Space Program for 12-14 year olds
  9. 1986 film
  10. camp director
  11. scholarship program for alabama residents

20 Clues: 1986 film • camp director • last name of CEO • general email inbox • the simulation floor • kay taylor's job title • the sequel to robotics • First week of camp 2024 • customer insight analyst • $105 item in the giftshop • simulators flown in Mach 3 • an invitaition only program • the name of our Apollo capsule • the name of the shuttle outside • filling in for Jennifer Bradford • ...

Space Crossword 2024-05-03

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What planet do we live on?
  2. Bear constellaion
  3. The Twin constellation
  4. The Bull constellation
  5. What is the Milky Way?
  6. Ball of gas and hydrogen
  7. An hour and a half
  8. Used to be a planet
  9. Space cloud
  10. Planet with Rings
  11. AKA North Star
  12. Thing that keeps us on the ground
  13. Darkness in a hole that light cannot extinguish
  14. First element on the Periodic Table
  15. Distance Light travels in one Earth year
Down
  1. Place in space where Astronauts go
  2. An object's resistance to a change in motion
  3. Pluto is part of this Belt
  4. Three stars in the south constellation of Centaurus
  5. Daughter of King Cepheus and Queen Cassiope of Joppa in Palestine (called Ethiopia) and the wife of Perseus.
  6. A dot-to-dot made of stars
  7. Orbits Earth and helps transmit radio signals
  8. Commonly known space telescope.
  9. First spacecraft to cross the heliosphere
  10. The amount of matter in an object
  11. What is Earth?
  12. What is our Galaxy?
  13. What does the Earth do around the Sun?

28 Clues: Space cloud • AKA North Star • What is Earth? • Bear constellaion • Planet with Rings • An hour and a half • Used to be a planet • What is our Galaxy? • The Twin constellation • The Bull constellation • What is the Milky Way? • Ball of gas and hydrogen • What planet do we live on? • Pluto is part of this Belt • A dot-to-dot made of stars • Commonly known space telescope. • ...

Space Crossword 2024-09-26

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a term for dead satellites and debris in the Low Earth Orbit
  2. The seventh planet
  3. The first planet
  4. The Earth takes 365 days to orbit this star
  5. The third planet
  6. National Aeronautics Space Administration
  7. A Māori term for the Pleiades Star Cluster
  8. The Red Planet
  9. A demigod who slowed down the sun
  10. Force
  11. Where Rocketlab is located in Auckland
  12. The sixth planet
  13. A type of energy harnessed from the Sun
  14. abbreviation for International Space Station
Down
  1. A transport machine that sends objects and astronauts to space
  2. Our galaxy
  3. A Country that uses 100% renewable energy
  4. Our group of planets including the sun
  5. The dwarf planet
  6. The fifth planet
  7. A New Zealand company that launches rockets to space
  8. The second planet
  9. Objects floating in the Low Earth Orbit
  10. The Eighth planet
  11. A technology that harnesses power from the Sun
  12. What causes the tides
  13. How many astronauts live in the ISS for months

27 Clues: Force • Our galaxy • The Red Planet • The dwarf planet • The fifth planet • The first planet • The third planet • The sixth planet • The second planet • The Eighth planet • The seventh planet • What causes the tides • A demigod who slowed down the sun • Our group of planets including the sun • Where Rocketlab is located in Auckland • Objects floating in the Low Earth Orbit • ...

Space Jam 2024-11-21

Space Jam crossword puzzle
Across
  1. similar actions in which the ballhandler passes to a teammate and then follows his pass for a DHO/pitch
  2. This classic cut is used to get open on the wing. To get open, take your defender DOWN before popping out UP
  3. Unique screen that requires the player to actually cut away from the ball. The player should set this screen up by taking a step towards the ball before fading away using the screen
  4. Action where one player has the ball and is stationary, and another person runs at them for a potential hand off
  5. specifically when they are overplaying the ball. You can use this cut to punish the defense for being overly aggressive
  6. setting 2 down screens for 1 player, having them read the defense from it, either refuse, curl 1st, curl 2nd.
  7. A pass leading to an immediate score
  8. is a pass made by a defensive player to a teammate after a missed shot to start a fast break
  9. Have 10+ in 2 different categories on the stat sheet
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  1. a weakside flare screen for a shooter to cut from the wing to the corner, while the ballhandler is driving baseline
  2. In Falcon, Required to cover both baseline corners
  3. This is where a team quickly tries to get a Numbers advantage and score. It is made up a Primary and Secondary pieces.
  4. Once you commit your 5th one, it is called..
  5. This cut happens when the help-side defense is occupied with other action like a ball screen or baseline drive. The player cuts into the gap behind the defense for an easy shot
  6. A pick-and-pop, but without the pick; a fake ballscreen after which the would-be screener cuts away from the ball into space
  7. This position's main role is to influence the dribbler to one side of the court and then not allow the basketball to be reversed back to the other side of the court by playing up high in the passing lane of the guard-to-guard pass.
  8. After setting the ball screen. The screener sets both feet. When the ball handler dribbles by the screen, the screener reverse pivots, spins, and seals the defender, then cut to the basket
  9. Position of perimeter player that is Free Throw Line Extended outside the 3 pt line on both sides
  10. Instead of rolling after the ball screen, the screener can Relocate to an open 3 pt area
  11. Lane line extended, 2 of them, a positional area
  12. Box 1 , 2, and Box 3 are these. Abbreviated

21 Clues: A pass leading to an immediate score • Box 1 , 2, and Box 3 are these. Abbreviated • Once you commit your 5th one, it is called.. • Lane line extended, 2 of them, a positional area • In Falcon, Required to cover both baseline corners • Have 10+ in 2 different categories on the stat sheet • ...

Space Conquest 2024-11-08

Space Conquest crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - Space explorer from Earth.
  2. Refers to the Sun.
  3. Pertaining to the Moon.
  4. The final frontier.
  5. Another term for the universe.
  6. Early astronomer and space observer.
  7. NASA probe reaching interstellar space.
  8. Small rocky body in space.
  9. When one celestial body blocks another.
  10. Extraterrestrial life.
  11. - NASA's moon-landing missions.
  12. Path of an object around another.
  13. Massive system of stars.
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  1. - Robotic vehicle exploring Mars.
  2. Force that pulls objects together.
  3. Planet with iconic rings.
  4. Region with intense gravity.
  5. Planet targeted for future missions.
  6. All of space and everything in it.
  7. - First artificial satellite.
  8. Space ____, orbiting lab.
  9. Celestial object with a glowing tail.
  10. Reusable spacecraft program.
  11. Smallest planet in the Solar System.
  12. US space agency.
  13. - Earth's natural satellite.

26 Clues: US space agency. • Refers to the Sun. • The final frontier. • Extraterrestrial life. • Pertaining to the Moon. • Massive system of stars. • Planet with iconic rings. • Space ____, orbiting lab. • Small rocky body in space. • - Space explorer from Earth. • Region with intense gravity. • Reusable spacecraft program. • - Earth's natural satellite. • - First artificial satellite. • ...

Space Race 2024-11-08

Space Race crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rehearsal
  2. Separation
  3. Trans-lunar
  4. Thrust
  5. CSM
  6. Tracking
  7. LM
  8. Simulation
  9. Descent
  10. Test
  11. Earthrise
  12. Snoop
  13. Lunar
  14. Young
  15. Capsule
  16. Retrofire
  17. Stafford
  18. Orbit
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  1. Trajectory
  2. Perilune
  3. Splashdown
  4. Gimbal
  5. Telemetry
  6. Reentry
  7. Ascent
  8. Command
  9. Docking
  10. Charlie
  11. Module
  12. Booster
  13. Apsis
  14. Snoopy
  15. Cernan
  16. Radar
  17. Engine
  18. Navigation
  19. Firing
  20. Throttle

38 Clues: LM • CSM • Test • Apsis • Radar • Snoop • Lunar • Young • Orbit • Gimbal • Ascent • Thrust • Module • Snoopy • Cernan • Engine • Firing • Reentry • Command • Docking • Charlie • Booster • Descent • Capsule • Perilune • Tracking • Throttle • Stafford • Rehearsal • Telemetry • Earthrise • Retrofire • Trajectory • Splashdown • Separation • Simulation • Navigation • Trans-lunar

Space Case 2025-01-07

Space Case crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what malt, hops, water are (anagram)
  2. is where the myster of the human heart is
  3. flying solo
  4. tour of Hollywood
  5. where to put opinion on space forums
  6. odyssey antagonist
  7. jedynecologist
  8. rocket boxer
  9. one who takes a stroll in the clouds
  10. overcooked steak
  11. party on wayne. Party on ' '
  12. how Han and his buddy talk long distance
  13. space cops
  14. always dies on screen
  15. bill Russell is still in second for amount
  16. Vietnamese sandwich named after famous space smuggler
  17. cancel my reservation
  18. fought two dark knights
  19. what they see when you moon
  20. #antidroidabuse
  21. without ease
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  1. a champagne oasis
  2. post gen x spaceship
  3. light eater
  4. when someone scissors it, you " "
  5. planet candy
  6. senor sith
  7. 1960s English lunar progressive moonrock band
  8. declared false income for employment on the death star
  9. complete coverage of my heart
  10. ai Scarlett crush
  11. the dog either snapped ....
  12. minor planet with a problem below the belt
  13. to infinity and imbibe(lo-cal)
  14. where the Schwartz is strong
  15. it's either the ' ' the beginning
  16. steals man of steels powers
  17. what mark David Chapman went to jail for
  18. solar systems cousin twice removed

39 Clues: senor sith • space cops • light eater • flying solo • planet candy • rocket boxer • without ease • jedynecologist • #antidroidabuse • overcooked steak • a champagne oasis • tour of Hollywood • ai Scarlett crush • odyssey antagonist • post gen x spaceship • always dies on screen • cancel my reservation • fought two dark knights • the dog either snapped .... • steals man of steels powers • ...

Space stuff!! 2024-12-13

Space stuff!! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The largest object in the asteroid belt, classified as a dwarf planet.
  2. Neptune's largest moon, known for its retrograde orbit and geysers of nitrogen gas.
  3. The galaxy that contains our solar system, known for its spiral shape and central black hole.
  4. The closest known star to our solar system, located just over four light-years away.
  5. A massive, hot star that is significantly larger and brighter than the Sun.
  6. A planet located outside our solar system, orbiting another star.
  7. A hypothetical region of icy objects that surrounds the solar system, believed to be the source of long-period comets.
  8. A sudden eruption of energy from the sun’s surface, often affecting space weather.
  9. A unit of distance that represents how far light travels in one year, roughly 5.88 trillion miles.
  10. A highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation.
  11. A constellation in the northern sky, also known as the Swan, containing the star Deneb.
  12. A planetary nebula located in the constellation Aquarius, known for its distinctive "eye" shape.
  13. A small, dense star that is the remnant of a star like the Sun after it has exhausted its nuclear fuel.
  14. A small fragment of rock or metal that burns up upon entering Earth's atmosphere.
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  1. A region in space with a gravitational pull so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from it.
  2. A powerful and luminous explosion of a star at the end of its life cycle.
  3. The nearest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way and on a collision course with our galaxy in a few billion years.
  4. The closest star system to our solar system, including Alpha Centauri A, Alpha Centauri B, and Proxima Centauri.
  5. A type of neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field, stronger than typical magnetic fields.
  6. A small rocky body that orbits the sun, mostly found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
  7. Saturn’s largest moon, known for its thick atmosphere and methane lakes.
  8. A theoretical passage through space-time that could create shortcuts for long journeys across the universe.
  9. A small icy body that orbits the sun, often developing a glowing tail when near it.
  10. A pair of space probes launched by NASA to explore the outer planets and beyond, one of which is now the farthest human-made object from Earth.
  11. The phenomenon where light from distant objects in space shifts toward the red end of the spectrum, indicating that the object is moving away.
  12. A massive system of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter, bound together by gravity.
  13. A four-dimensional hypercube, often used in science fiction to describe a structure that exists in multiple dimensions.
  14. A highly energetic and distant active galactic nucleus, often emitting large amounts of radiation.
  15. A large group of smaller galaxy clusters, among the largest known structures in the universe.

29 Clues: A planet located outside our solar system, orbiting another star. • The largest object in the asteroid belt, classified as a dwarf planet. • Saturn’s largest moon, known for its thick atmosphere and methane lakes. • A powerful and luminous explosion of a star at the end of its life cycle. • ...

Space Crosswords 2025-03-18

Space Crosswords crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun.
  2. To move through the air using wings or an engine.
  3. To come down and settle on the ground.
  4. The third planet from the sun.
  5. To make a journey, typically of some length.
  6. A building equipped for observing celestial events.
  7. To enter a vehicle or space.
  8. Unidentified flying object.
  9. A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust.
  10. A being from another world.
  11. To grasp, carry, or support with one's hands.
  12. To travel on water in a vessel with sails.
  13. To sit on and control the movement of an animal or vehicle.
  14. The star at the center of our solar system.
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  1. To leave the ground and begin to fly.
  2. Rocket - A vehicle designed to travel through space.
  3. Way - The galaxy that contains our solar system.
  4. To rest or move on or near the surface of a liquid without sinking.
  5. A system of millions or billions of stars.
  6. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
  7. The vast, seemingly infinite expanse beyond Earth's atmosphere.
  8. A person who operates the flying controls of an aircraft.
  9. An instrument for observing distant objects.
  10. A luminous point in the night sky.
  11. A large spacecraft in orbit where astronauts live and work.
  12. To leave a vehicle or space.

26 Clues: Unidentified flying object. • A being from another world. • To enter a vehicle or space. • To leave a vehicle or space. • The third planet from the sun. • A luminous point in the night sky. • To leave the ground and begin to fly. • To come down and settle on the ground. • A system of millions or billions of stars. • To travel on water in a vessel with sails. • ...

Space Systems 2025-01-16

Space Systems crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The largest planet in our solar system.
  2. Our home galaxy.
  3. Buildings with telescopes where astronomers can study the universe from Earth.
  4. The movement of the Earth around the Sun, takes a little more than 365 days.
  5. Imaginary line that runs through the middle of the Earth.
  6. Collections of stars, gas clouds, and dust particles.
  7. Glowing balls of hot gas.
  8. A small mobile robot that is used to study the surface of planets and moons.
  9. All the objects that orbit around the sun.
  10. The spinning motion of the Earth, takes about 24 hours.
  11. Our home planet.
  12. The colors of stars are dependent on its _____.
  13. Where astronauts spend weeks or months during space explorations.
  14. The largest and most massive stars.
  15. Tool that takes pictures of galaxies and other space objects.
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  1. The Earth is _____ on its axis.
  2. Caused by the way the Earth moves around the Sun.
  3. The Earth's natural satellite.
  4. The size of a star plays a role in its _____.
  5. The hot, glowing ball at the center of our solar system.
  6. The ocean's _____ are influences by gravity.
  7. People throughout history would use these to tell time because they are predictable.
  8. How far light can travel in one year.
  9. The study of stars, planets, and space.
  10. The empty area where everything exists, including planets, stars, and galaxies.
  11. Represent the average distance between the Sun and the Earth.
  12. Tool that sends information by sending signals from space to receivers on Earth.
  13. A group of stars that form a recognizable pattern in the sky.
  14. The moon goes through different _____.
  15. The path an object takes as it moves around another object.
  16. Force of nature that affects all objects with mass.

31 Clues: Our home galaxy. • Our home planet. • Glowing balls of hot gas. • The Earth's natural satellite. • The Earth is _____ on its axis. • The largest and most massive stars. • How far light can travel in one year. • The moon goes through different _____. • The largest planet in our solar system. • The study of stars, planets, and space. • All the objects that orbit around the sun. • ...

space stuff 2025-06-25

space stuff crossword puzzle
Across
  1. there are different kinds of moon
  2. something is ban
  3. the movement of water due to the moon
  4. a star that's in our solar system
  5. something that is spinning around our planet
  6. contains the sun the milky way and planets
  7. the planet named after the god of war
  8. the biggest planet in our solar system
  9. the planet with the rings
  10. the earth gose in
  11. the thing where on right now
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  1. the earth around its axis
  2. a is 24 hours
  3. periods that come throughout the year
  4. the coldest season
  5. the earth spins on its
  6. kind of moon phases
  7. a moon phases
  8. the world by darf punk
  9. what is our sun

20 Clues: a moon phases • what is our sun • something is ban • a is 24 hours • the earth gose in • the coldest season • kind of moon phases • the earth spins on its • the world by darf punk • the planet with the rings • the thing where on right now • the earth around its axis • there are different kinds of moon • a star that's in our solar system • periods that come throughout the year • ...

Space & Planets 2025-07-10

Space & Planets crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Rock that burns in the sky
  2. Biggest planet in the solar system
  3. Person who travels to space
  4. The galaxy we live in
  5. Tool used to see stars and planets
  6. Known as the red planet
  7. Icy space object with a glowing tail
  8. Planet with the beautiful rings
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  1. Hottest planet with thick clouds
  2. Path planets follow around the sun
  3. Farthest planet from the sun
  4. Blue-green planet that spins on its side
  5. Earth's natural satellite
  6. Worn by astronauts in space
  7. The planet we live on
  8. Used to launch astronauts into space
  9. Closest planet to the sun
  10. Huge group of stars and planets
  11. Star at the center of our solar system
  12. Imaginary creature from another planet

20 Clues: The planet we live on • The galaxy we live in • Known as the red planet • Earth's natural satellite • Closest planet to the sun • Rock that burns in the sky • Worn by astronauts in space • Person who travels to space • Farthest planet from the sun • Huge group of stars and planets • Planet with the beautiful rings • Hottest planet with thick clouds • ...

Space Exploration 2025-07-29

Space Exploration crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Mars lander studying polar ice and soil
  2. Mission investigating Jupiter’s atmosphere and magnetic field
  3. Mission mapping the Moon’s surface and testing sensors
  4. Mars lander measuring seismic activity and heat flow
  5. Mission to study asteroids Vesta and Ceres
  6. Spacecraft that studied Jupiter and its moons
  7. Long-running Mars rover
  8. One of the Mars rover
  9. NASA program that landed humans on the Moon
  10. Spacecraft for crewed deep-space missions, part of Artemis
  11. Reusable spacecraft program for Earth orbit missions
  12. Mission to discover Earth-like exoplanets in habitable zones
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  1. Spacecraft that studied Saturn, its rings, and moons
  2. Space telescope observing distant galaxies and cosmic phenomena
  3. Mars mission with the first rover, Sojourner
  4. Spacecraft that mapped Venus’s surface using radar
  5. 1970s missions that landed probes on Mars for surface analysis
  6. Mission to map and study Mercury’s surface
  7. X-ray observatory studying high-energy cosmic events like black holes
  8. NASA mission exploring outer planets and interstellar space
  9. Early missions exploring the outer solar system
  10. Infrared space telescope that studied stars and galaxies

22 Clues: One of the Mars rover • Long-running Mars rover • Mars lander studying polar ice and soil • Mission to map and study Mercury’s surface • Mission to study asteroids Vesta and Ceres • NASA program that landed humans on the Moon • Mars mission with the first rover, Sojourner • Spacecraft that studied Jupiter and its moons • Early missions exploring the outer solar system • ...

Space Exploration 2025-07-29

Space Exploration crossword puzzle
Across
  1. NASA program that landed humans on the Moon
  2. Mission to map and study Mercury’s surface
  3. Mission investigating Jupiter’s atmosphere and magnetic field
  4. Spacecraft that studied Jupiter and its moons
  5. Spacecraft for crewed deep-space missions, part of Artemis
  6. Mars lander studying polar ice and soil
  7. Mission to discover Earth-like exoplanets in habitable zones
  8. 1970s missions that landed probes on Mars for surface analysis
  9. Reusable spacecraft program for Earth orbit missions
  10. Early missions exploring the outer solar system
  11. Space telescope observing distant galaxies and cosmic phenomena
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  1. Mission mapping the Moon’s surface and testing sensors
  2. Mission to study asteroids Vesta and Ceres
  3. Spacecraft that studied Saturn, its rings, and moons
  4. Spacecraft that mapped Venus’s surface using radar
  5. NASA mission exploring outer planets and interstellar space
  6. Long-running Mars rover
  7. One of the Mars rover
  8. Infrared space telescope that studied stars and galaxies
  9. Mars mission with the first rover, Sojourner
  10. Mars lander measuring seismic activity and heat flow

21 Clues: One of the Mars rover • Long-running Mars rover • Mars lander studying polar ice and soil • Mission to study asteroids Vesta and Ceres • Mission to map and study Mercury’s surface • NASA program that landed humans on the Moon • Mars mission with the first rover, Sojourner • Spacecraft that studied Jupiter and its moons • Early missions exploring the outer solar system • ...

Space Review 2025-10-17

Space Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A device that takes light from a source and separates it by wavelength.
  2. A period of 22 years in which the number of sunspots on the Sun changes regularly, and the Sun’s magnetic field reverses polarity.
  3. Violent eruptions of particles and radiation from the surface of the Sun.
  4. The combination of lightweight atomic nuclei into heavier nuclei, such as hydrogen fusing into helium. This process powers the Sun.
  5. Stars that are fusing hydrogen atoms to form helium atoms in their cores. Most stars in the universe, including our Sun, are in this stage.
  6. A region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing—not particles or even electromagnetic radiation such as light—can escape it.
  7. The center, or innermost section, of the Sun, where huge amounts of energy are created through nuclear fusion.
  8. A very large, red star of high luminosity and low surface temperature that is in a late stage of evolution when it no longer has hydrogen in the core to fuel nuclear fusion.
  9. The middle layer of the Sun's atmosphere, which usually gives off a reddish glow and is visible during a solar eclipse.
  10. The middle section of the solar interior where energy generated by nuclear fusion in the core moves outward as electromagnetic radiation (photons).
  11. The outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere.
  12. A unique line for each chemical element that allows scientists to tell what something in space is made of by the light it gives off.
  13. A very young star that is still gathering mass from its parent molecular cloud (Nebula). This is an unstable phase.
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  1. The outermost layer of the Sun's interior where energy is transported by convection, and where light (photons) is created on the surface of this zone.
  2. A state achieved by a star when the forces pushing outward (gas pressure/energy) and pulling inward (gravity) are equal.
  3. Fountains and loops of glowing gas ejected from the photosphere, related to solar activity.
  4. The innermost layer of the Sun’s atmosphere and its visible surface, from which most of the light emitted by the Sun comes.
  5. A small, very dense star that is formed when a low-mass star has exhausted all its central nuclear fuel and lost its outer layers as a planetary nebula.
  6. A phenomenon where the waves tend to become longer or shorter when the source of a wave is moving.
  7. The collapsed core of a massive supergiant star left behind after a supernova; it is extremely dense.
  8. Occurs when an object is moving towards the observer in space; the light waves bunch up, resulting in a shorter wavelength closer to the blue end of the visible light spectrum.
  9. Cooler areas on the surface of the photosphere that appear darker than the surrounding areas because they are areas of gas cooler than the gases around it.
  10. A powerful and luminous stellar explosion; this is the last stage of a massive star’s life when the core collapses and results in a giant explosion.
  11. Occurs when an object is moving away from the observer; the light waves stretch out, resulting in a longer wavelength closer to the red end of the visible light spectrum.
  12. A cloud of gas and dust in outer space, often visible in the night sky, that collapses to form a new star (a "Star Nursery").
  13. Nebula A ring-shaped nebula formed by an expanding shell of gas around an aging star; this occurs at the end of a low-mass Red Giant's life.
  14. Gas (charged particles/ions) that flows outward from the Sun's corona at high speeds throughout the entire solar system.

27 Clues: The outermost layer of the Sun's atmosphere. • A device that takes light from a source and separates it by wavelength. • Violent eruptions of particles and radiation from the surface of the Sun. • Fountains and loops of glowing gas ejected from the photosphere, related to solar activity. • ...

KS3 SPACE 2025-09-11

KS3 SPACE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The time taken for the Earth to orbit the Sun once.
  2. Caused by the Earth’s rotation.
  3. The curved path of a planet or satellite.
  4. The galaxy that contains our Solar System.
  5. The imaginary line the Earth spins around.
  6. Changes in the Moon’s appearance as it orbits the Earth.
  7. A natural satellite that orbits a planet.
  8. One complete orbit of the Earth around the Sun.
  9. A huge ball of gas that produces its own light.
  10. An icy body that orbits the Sun with a glowing tail.
  11. Everything that exists, including all matter and energy.
Down
  1. An object in orbit around a planet, can be natural or artificial.
  2. The force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun.
  3. The Sun and everything that orbits it.
  4. A huge collection of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
  5. A rocky object that orbits the Sun, smaller than a planet.
  6. Caused by the tilt of the Earth’s axis.
  7. A large object that orbits a star.
  8. When one object in space blocks the light from another.
  9. The spinning of the Earth on its axis.

20 Clues: Caused by the Earth’s rotation. • A large object that orbits a star. • The Sun and everything that orbits it. • The spinning of the Earth on its axis. • Caused by the tilt of the Earth’s axis. • The curved path of a planet or satellite. • A natural satellite that orbits a planet. • The galaxy that contains our Solar System. • The imaginary line the Earth spins around. • ...

space race 2025-11-12

space race crossword puzzle
Across
  1. F. Kennedy, The U.S. President during the Cuban Missile Crisis. He ordered a naval blockade around Cuba and negotiated with Soviet Premier Nikita Khrushchev to remove the missiles.,
  2. Rocket Equation, A mathematical formula developed by Russian scientist Konstantin Tsiolkovsky that describes the motion of vehicles propelled by rocket engines, crucial for space travel.,
  3. 1, The first artificial Earth satellite, launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. Its success marked the beginning of the Space Race.,
  4. Armstrong, The first person to walk on the Moon on July 20, 1969, during the Apollo 11 mission. His famous words were, “That’s one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind.”,
  5. Race, The competitive period between the United States and the Soviet Union during the Cold War, aimed at achieving superior space exploration milestones. It primarily spanned the late 1950s to the early 1970s.,
  6. Agreement (1963), A direct communication link established between Washington, D.C., and Moscow after the crisis to allow quick and direct contact between leaders and prevent future misunderstandings that could lead to war.
  7. Castro, The communist leader of Cuba who allowed the Soviet Union to place nuclear missiles on the island as protection against future U.S. invasion attempts.,
  8. (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile), A long-range missile capable of carrying nuclear warheads. The Soviet placement of such missiles in Cuba directly threatened the U.S., leading to the crisis.,
  9. Khrushchev, The leader of the Soviet Union during the crisis. He agreed to remove Soviet missiles from Cuba in exchange for U.S. promises not to invade Cuba and the secret removal of U.S. missiles from Turkey.,
  10. Missile Crisis (1962), A 13-day confrontation between the United States and the Soviet Union over the presence of Soviet nuclear missiles in Cuba. It is considered the closest the world has ever come to nuclear war.,
  11. Gagarin, The first human to travel into space, orbiting the Earth aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961.,
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  1. V Rocket, A large, multi-stage rocket used by NASA to launch Apollo missions to the Moon. It remains one of the most powerful rockets ever built.,
  2. 1, The Soviet spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin into space on April 12, 1961, marking the first human spaceflight.,
  3. 11, The historic 1969 mission that successfully landed humans on the Moon for the first time. Astronauts Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, and Michael Collins were the crew members.,
  4. of Pigs Invasion (1961), A failed U.S.-backed invasion of Cuba by Cuban exiles attempting to overthrow Fidel Castro. The event increased tensions and contributed to Cuba’s alliance with the Soviet Union.,
  5. F. Kennedy’s "Moon Speech", A famous speech given by U.S. President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961, where he set the goal of landing a man on the Moon before the end of the decade.,
  6. Module (LM), The spacecraft that carried astronauts from lunar orbit to the Moon's surface and back during Apollo missions. It was used in all Apollo lunar landings.,
  7. (Naval Blockade), A U.S. naval blockade around Cuba ordered by President Kennedy to prevent further Soviet shipments of missiles and military equipment. It was called a “quarantine” to avoid the term “blockade,” which implies an act of war.,
  8. Program, The United States' space program designed to land humans on the Moon and safely return them to Earth. The most famous mission under this program was Apollo 11, which landed Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin on the Moon in 1969.,
  9. Program, A U.S. spaceflight program that followed Mercury, aimed at developing the skills necessary for the Apollo missions, including spacewalks and rendezvous in space. It ran from 1961 to 1966.,
  10. 2, The Soviet spacecraft that became the first human-made object to impact the Moon, on September 14, 1959.,
  11. Program, The first series of manned spaceflights by the United States, which aimed to put a human in space and return them safely to Earth. It included astronauts like Alan Shepard and John Glenn.,

22 Clues: 2, The Soviet spacecraft that became the first human-made object to impact the Moon, on September 14, 1959., • 1, The Soviet spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin into space on April 12, 1961, marking the first human spaceflight., • Gagarin, The first human to travel into space, orbiting the Earth aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok 1 on April 12, 1961., • ...

Space Vocabulary 2025-11-23

Space Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - A being from another planet
  2. - Giant planet with beautiful rings
  3. - Energy sent in rays or waves
  4. - The area beyond Earth's atmosphere
  5. - To stay alive
  6. - To look carefully for something
  7. - Hottest planet with thick toxic clouds
  8. - Able to think and understand
  9. - The natural world around us
  10. - The force that pulls objects down
  11. - The usual weather in a place
  12. - A living being or animal
  13. - To find something new
  14. - A tool to see far away objects
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  1. - A large round object orbiting a star
  2. - The layer of gases around Earth
  3. - A small spacecraft sent to explore
  4. - A person who studies science
  5. - A special task or journey
  6. - A sign or message sent
  7. - Cold, farthest planet, blue ice giant
  8. - To travel to learn about something
  9. - A natural satellite of a planet
  10. - Far away
  11. - Closest planet to the Sun, very hot and cratered
  12. - The path one object takes around another

26 Clues: - Far away • - To stay alive • - To find something new • - A sign or message sent • - A living being or animal • - A special task or journey • - A being from another planet • - The natural world around us • - Energy sent in rays or waves • - A person who studies science • - Able to think and understand • - The usual weather in a place • - A tool to see far away objects • ...

AERO & SPACE 2026-03-13

AERO & SPACE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Lighter-than-air craft first built in 1783
  2. Wing shape that produces lift
  3. Distance from one wingtip to the other
  4. A measurement of light vs time
  5. Training device for pilots
  6. Study of planets, stars, and the universe
  7. Theory describing the origin of the universe
  8. Region of the sky regulated for aviation
  9. Event when one celestial body blocks another
  10. Really good space movie with a Mark
  11. Really good space movie with a Matthew
  12. Aerodynamic condition when lift suddenly decreases
  13. Hypothetical tunnel connecting distant points in space
  14. Up-and-down movement of an aircraft
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  1. Pattern of stars forming a recognizable shape in the sky
  2. U.S. Navy flight demonstration squadron known for precision aerobatics
  3. Facility used to test aerodynamic models
  4. Moffett Federal
  5. Human object orbiting a planet
  6. Massive system of stars, gas, and dust
  7. Ticket needed for flight
  8. System that manages aircrafts in airspace
  9. Aerodynamic force opposing forward motion
  10. Where gravity is so strong that light cannot escape
  11. The Sun and the objects that orbit it
  12. Air maintained inside aircraft cabins
  13. Space travelers
  14. Layer of gases surrounding a planet
  15. A non-planet planet

29 Clues: Moffett Federal • Space travelers • A non-planet planet • Ticket needed for flight • Training device for pilots • Wing shape that produces lift • Human object orbiting a planet • A measurement of light vs time • Really good space movie with a Mark • Layer of gases surrounding a planet • Up-and-down movement of an aircraft • The Sun and the objects that orbit it • ...

space Facts 2026-03-11

space Facts crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star.
  2. The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth or toward any other physical body having mass.
  3. The time or date at which the sun crosses the celestial equator, when day and night are of equal length.
  4. Either of the two times in the year when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky at noon.
  5. A small rocky body orbiting the sun, large numbers of which are found between Mars and Jupiter.
  6. An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer.
  7. said
  8. is a custom astronomy-themed crossword puzzle for you. I’ve selected 20 terms that range from basic planetary science to more complex physics like relativity.
  9. All existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos.
  10. A system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
  11. An artificial body placed in orbit around the earth or moon in order to collect information or for communication.
  12. A space entirely devoid of matter; what most of space consists of.
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  1. & Physics Crossword
  2. A celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust and, when near the sun, a “tail” of gas.
  3. Einstein's theory describing the relationship between space, time, and gravity.
  4. The curved path of a celestial object around a star or planet.
  5. The "Red Planet" known for its iron oxide surface.
  6. A fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
  7. An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer.
  8. A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft.
  9. The rate of change of velocity per unit of time.
  10. The season experienced by a hemisphere when it is tilted furthest away from the sun.
  11. A cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky as a bright patch or a dark silhouette.

23 Clues: said • & Physics Crossword • The rate of change of velocity per unit of time. • The "Red Planet" known for its iron oxide surface. • A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft. • A celestial body moving in an elliptical orbit around a star. • The curved path of a celestial object around a star or planet. • ...

Space Vocabulary 2021-03-03

Space Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. 2 days in which night and day are both 12 hours.
  2. Longest day of the year.
  3. Solar system model with Sun in the center.
  4. Sun, planets, and all the other objects that revolve around the sun
  5. When the Earth is farther from the Sun. (July)
  6. Path the umbra travels across Earth.
  7. Moon is between the Sun and Earth.
  8. Resistance to any change in motion
  9. Attraction force between any two objects
  10. When Earth's shadow falls on the Moon.
  11. Solar system model with Earth in the center.
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  1. Shortest day of the year.
  2. The darkest part of the Moon's shadow.
  3. When the Earth is closer to the Sun. (January)
  4. A collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity
  5. The lighter part of the Moon's shadow.
  6. When moon's shadow falls on the Earth.
  7. Really high and really low tides.
  8. Moon is on the opposite side of Earth from the Sun.
  9. Not much difference between high and low tide.

20 Clues: Longest day of the year. • Shortest day of the year. • Really high and really low tides. • Moon is between the Sun and Earth. • Resistance to any change in motion • Path the umbra travels across Earth. • The darkest part of the Moon's shadow. • The lighter part of the Moon's shadow. • When moon's shadow falls on the Earth. • When Earth's shadow falls on the Moon. • ...

Office Space 2019-11-27

Office Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Electronic documents can be viewed here.
  2. The Blue Ox and Paul...
  3. Critical for locomotion.
  4. Hannibal liked a sliver of this with fava beans and chianti.
  5. Not bands, but held together by one.
  6. The eyes have it.
  7. When kidney failure is nearly complete.
  8. The back of a book, also a place to hang ribs.
  9. Fluid in the abdomen.
  10. To prepare, review, and write up a decision on a claim.
  11. Where one keeps their brainium.
  12. Also a new growth.
  13. D-go-el.
  14. Like a military mission
  15. Also an astrological sign
  16. Opposite of inferior.
  17. When a certain type of juniper tree is disemvoweled.
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  1. Looks like it's the end for you.
  2. Illegal search and ...
  3. Rhymes with Elvis.
  4. Not an announcer in our office.
  5. From Greek words for color and body
  6. Never thought a movie about MER would be a ....?
  7. Big brother is watching.
  8. Symptoms which consistently occur together.
  9. A special sense, but also an appointment to see Beth or Marin.
  10. Nutella's bony cousin.
  11. Not a test you take in class.
  12. Web MD is full of these.
  13. Has nothing to do with political correctness.
  14. The police department wouldn't be the same without this.
  15. One of the Great Lakes put an eye out.
  16. Ariel is one of these people.
  17. C1 through C5 and we're not playing Battle Ship.
  18. Legacy's out, this is in.
  19. You'll be notified personally.
  20. There is something special about these.
  21. You have what? How awful, you have my sympathy.
  22. Whew, under pressure...need to decide and fast!
  23. The Colonel's Rhode Island restaurant.

40 Clues: D-go-el. • The eyes have it. • Rhymes with Elvis. • Also a new growth. • Fluid in the abdomen. • Opposite of inferior. • Illegal search and ... • Nutella's bony cousin. • The Blue Ox and Paul... • Like a military mission • Critical for locomotion. • Big brother is watching. • Web MD is full of these. • Legacy's out, this is in. • Also an astrological sign • Not a test you take in class. • ...

Space System 2020-05-12

Space System crossword puzzle
Across
  1. electromagnetic radiation
  2. a big circular body tat moves in an elliptical orbit around a things
  3. a small object that orbits a big object
  4. the science that deals with the universe
  5. a large natural body that travels around the earth
  6. traveling around another object
  7. it between the rocky planets and gas planets
  8. system where are space is
  9. and instrument used to see far away
  10. everything that exists including stars, planets, matter, energy, and time
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  1. this is a sphere made of mostly ice material
  2. lines up all electromagnetic based on their wavelengths
  3. an object in the night's sky that lights up and moves
  4. a unit of measurement that measures the distance that light travels in a year
  5. a reign beyond neptune
  6. a number used to multiply one object to get another
  7. a measure of the amount of matter in objects
  8. lumps of ice , dust, and rock that circle the sun
  9. a small planet
  10. an imaginary line about which a body rotates

20 Clues: a small planet • a reign beyond neptune • electromagnetic radiation • system where are space is • traveling around another object • and instrument used to see far away • a small object that orbits a big object • the science that deals with the universe • this is a sphere made of mostly ice material • a measure of the amount of matter in objects • ...

Space Conquest 2021-05-03

Space Conquest crossword puzzle
Across
  1. propel
  2. base
  3. settle
  4. spaceship
  5. touch down
  6. objective
  7. The Moon is one
  8. discover
  9. border
  10. our planet
  11. spacecraft
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  1. celestial body
  2. unwelcoming
  3. opposite of dangerous
  4. describes a place where you can live
  5. try
  6. space explorer
  7. competition
  8. traveller
  9. explorer

20 Clues: try • base • propel • settle • border • discover • explorer • spaceship • objective • traveller • touch down • our planet • spacecraft • unwelcoming • competition • celestial body • space explorer • The Moon is one • opposite of dangerous • describes a place where you can live

Space crossword 2021-04-26

Space crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Is the fourth planet in our solar system and is the second smallest planet. This planet is also named as the “Red Planet”. It is a terrestrial planet with a thin atmosphere.
  2. Is a dwarf planet and is the farthest planet from the sun. The surface of this planet is covered with ices, and has mountain ranges, light and dark regions, and craters.
  3. It is a small, irregular-shaped moon composed mostly of water ice.
  4. this dwarf planet is a geologically active body also this planet has less than a third of the moon’s width.
  5. It is an M-Type asteroid, its orbit period it’s about five Earth years. There is going to be a mission with the main purpose of investigating this asteroid.
  6. This dwarf planet could be the 10# planet in our solar system but because it was really small is known as a dwarf planet. Also it has the name of one of the Greek Gods.
  7. is the first mission to collect a sample of the near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu.
  8. Is a natural satellite of Pluto and is the third farthest moon from Pluto. Is the third largest moon.
  9. this is a scientific mission to investigate the mysteries of the Sun’s corona and solar wind.
  10. it provides scientists a unique and revolutionary view of the Sun- Earth system. It is ahead of Earth in its orbit.
  11. Is the largest moon of Pluto. Is so big that Pluto and this moon orbit each other. This moon has a frigid surface, covered with nitrogen ice, methane and possibly some water ice.
  12. is the seventh planet in our solar system and is the coldest planet in the solar system. Is known as the “sideways planet”. This planet is blue-green in color and its atmosphere contains ice.
  13. This is a comet with the shape of a flattened sphere, it is known as a fresh periodic comet.
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  1. is the third planet in our solar system. Is a rocky, terrestrial planet and it has a solid and active surface with mountains, valleys, canyons, plains and more.
  2. is the fifth planet in our solar system and the biggest one. Is a gas giant planet and it doesn't have a solid surface. It is covered in swirling cloud stripes.
  3. 1 it's a short-period comet and it has made many passages through the inner solar system. Also, it was the ninth periodic comet to be recognized as one.
  4. It is the second largest moon of Pluto. This moon has a highly reflective surface.
  5. is the sixth planet in our solar system and the second largest planet. It is a gas giant planet made up mostly of helium and hydrogen and it has thousands of beautiful ringlets.
  6. this asteroid was discovered on Aug,13,1898. This asteroid is known for being the first asteroid to be orbited by a spacecraft.
  7. Is the eight planet in our solar system. Is an ice giant and it is made of a thick soup of water, ammonia, and methane flowing over a solid core.
  8. is the first planet in our solar system and the smallest one. It has a solid surface that is covered with craters. It has no atmosphere, and it doesn't have any moons.
  9. it was discovered in June,26 of 2014. It is the most distant object visited by a spacecraft. Is the reddest outer solar system object visited by a spacecraft.
  10. is a star, a hot ball of glowing gases at the heart of our solar system.
  11. It is located in the Kuiper Belt, it's really cold and it is the second brightest icy dwarf planet.
  12. Is a small natural satellite of Pluto. Has a double-lobed shape and has a highly-reflective surface
  13. It was NASA’s first mission to the outer planets. It was the first spacecraft to visit Jupiter, the first one to fly beyond Mars, the first one to fly through the main asteroid belt, it was the first human-made object to go beyond Neptune.
  14. is the second object with more mass in the asteroid belt. This giant asteroid has separated into crust, mantle and core, much like Earth.
  15. it provided scientists a unique and revolutionary view of the Sun- Earth system. In 2014 NASA operations lost contact with the spacecraft.
  16. they build up a spacecraft created to perform a detailed study of this comet, the spacecraft is called Rosetta. This comet was first observed in 1969.
  17. is the second planet in our solar system. The surface of this planet is extremely dry and is the hottest planet in the solar system.

30 Clues: It is a small, irregular-shaped moon composed mostly of water ice. • is a star, a hot ball of glowing gases at the heart of our solar system. • is the first mission to collect a sample of the near-Earth asteroid 101955 Bennu. • It is the second largest moon of Pluto. This moon has a highly reflective surface. • ...

OUTER SPACE 2021-03-25

OUTER SPACE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. synonym of "aim"
  2. have an accident
  3. to settle
  4. navette
  5. something needing great effort to be a success
  6. lancer (un projet)
  7. synonym of "to finance"
  8. une fusée
  9. a synonym of "spacecraft"
  10. the opposite of "take off"
  11. to take part in a race or competition
  12. a person trained for traveling in space
  13. prêt, disposé, volontaire
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  1. OVNI
  2. to succeed in finishing sth or reaching an aim
  3. somebody who works in a scientific field
  4. Yuri Gagarin was the first man in ...
  5. a group of people working together (on a ship)
  6. conquête
  7. there are eight ... in the solar system
  8. where human beings live...
  9. un bond
  10. a piece of clothing worn by astronauts
  11. the force making things fall to the ground
  12. N.Armstrong was the first man on the ...

25 Clues: OVNI • navette • un bond • conquête • to settle • une fusée • synonym of "aim" • have an accident • lancer (un projet) • synonym of "to finance" • a synonym of "spacecraft" • prêt, disposé, volontaire • where human beings live... • the opposite of "take off" • Yuri Gagarin was the first man in ... • to take part in a race or competition • a piece of clothing worn by astronauts • ...

Space Exploration 2021-05-18

Space Exploration crossword puzzle
Across
  1. US and European joint mission to Saturn
  2. final line for the space race
  3. SpaceX capsule
  4. NASA program to return to the Moon
  5. first spacecraft in interstellar space
  6. Apollo moon rocket
  7. first American space statation
  8. can make oxygen out of the Martian atmosphere
  9. part of the Space Shuttle that flies in space
  10. first space shuttle disaster
  11. an enormous star
  12. first American in space
  13. how much energy a star produces
  14. Discovered radiation belts around Earth
  15. cloud of gas and dust
  16. first man in orbit
  17. force that must be overcome to get to space
  18. first artificial satellite
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  1. visited by Venera
  2. last space shuttle to fly
  3. prepared the way for Apollo
  4. a space probe that can crawl from place to place
  5. Russian dog who sadly died in space
  6. first and smallest Mars rover
  7. first man on the Moon
  8. largest manmade spacecraft (abbreviation)
  9. spacecraft currently orbiting Jupiter
  10. fourth planet from the Sun
  11. completed the first helicopter flight on Mars
  12. American satellite failed explosively
  13. first woman in space
  14. carries a payload up into space
  15. a smallish star
  16. famous space telescope
  17. Russian equivalent of "astronaut"
  18. first American to orbit the Earth
  19. this many astronauts were chosen for Project Mercury
  20. workhorse Russian spacecraft

38 Clues: SpaceX capsule • a smallish star • an enormous star • visited by Venera • Apollo moon rocket • first man in orbit • first woman in space • first man on the Moon • cloud of gas and dust • famous space telescope • first American in space • last space shuttle to fly • fourth planet from the Sun • first artificial satellite • prepared the way for Apollo • first space shuttle disaster • ...

THE SPACE 2021-06-15

THE SPACE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. is the largest satellite of Jupiter
  2. object in which they travel to space
  3. He was the first man to set foot on the moon
  4. type of matter that is estimated to correspond to about 80% of the matter in the universe
  5. is a region of our solar system that lies between jupiter and mars
  6. celestial bodies made up of ice, dust and rocks
  7. They are groups of stars that, joining them with imaginary lines, form figures
  8. It was the first telescope to see a black hole
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  1. is a dwarf planet
  2. eris, pluto, makemake, haumea and ceres are ...
  3. planet where we live
  4. the galaxy we live in is called
  5. is the smallest planet in the solar system
  6. They are the people who leave the planet to explore
  7. Area in space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape
  8. It is the closest and largest satellite on Mars
  9. common way to indicate good work
  10. discovered the solar system
  11. is the satellite of our planet
  12. largest star in the solar system

20 Clues: is a dwarf planet • planet where we live • discovered the solar system • is the satellite of our planet • the galaxy we live in is called • common way to indicate good work • largest star in the solar system • is the largest satellite of Jupiter • object in which they travel to space • is the smallest planet in the solar system • He was the first man to set foot on the moon • ...

Space Puzzle 2022-04-13

Space Puzzle crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - to shine light on an object and make it visible
  2. Pull - the force that pulls two objects together due to their mass
  3. System - the sun, the planets that orbit the sun, and other objects that orbit the sun
  4. (Cosmos) - all of space and its contents
  5. - the four parts of the year where weather, ecology, and number of daylight hours change as a result of Earth’s orbit around the sun
  6. Phase - the shape of the illuminated part of the Moon as it appears from Earth
  7. - the border between light and dark on the Moon
  8. - a moon outside our solar system
  9. Eclipse - when the moon is completely dark
  10. Moon - a moon phase where the Moon is not visible from the Earth
  11. - the force by which all things with mass or energy (including planets, stars, galaxies, and light) are brought towards one another
  12. Eclipse - The moment that the moon orbits directly between the sun and the Earth
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  1. - the tendency of an object to remain at rest or unchanged
  2. Moon - a moon phase that looks like a full circle from Earth
  3. Moon - a moon phase that looks like more than a half circle from Earth
  4. - the relative size of things
  5. Moon - a moon phase that looks like less than half a circle from Earth
  6. Moon - a moon phase that looks like half a circle from Earth
  7. - the star that is the main source of light at the center of our solar system
  8. - something we observe to be similar over and over again
  9. - the nearly circular path a smaller object (like the Moon) travels around a larger object like Earth)
  10. - a rocky sphere that travels around a planet
  11. - a planet outside our solar system
  12. - the circular movement of an object around its center (like a top spinning)
  13. - a collection of gas, dust, stars, and solar systems that are held together by gravity

25 Clues: - the relative size of things • - a moon outside our solar system • - a planet outside our solar system • (Cosmos) - all of space and its contents • Eclipse - when the moon is completely dark • - a rocky sphere that travels around a planet • - the border between light and dark on the Moon • - to shine light on an object and make it visible • ...

Space Science 2018-05-16

Space Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A person who thought Earth was in the center of the universe
  2. A star that emits light when it pulse
  3. Middle of our solar system
  4. Everything in existence. Stars, gases, galaxies, black holes etc
  5. A nuclear reaction in stars to create hydrogen/helium
  6. Gas Giants are considered...
  7. An explosion of a high mass star
  8. The planet we live on
  9. A force that pulls one object to a bigger object
  10. The process of becoming bigger
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  1. A person who thought the sun was in the center of the universe
  2. The total energy a star can radiate per second
  3. Planets that do not pass the asteroid belt are...
  4. Massive celestial body
  5. A point with infinite density
  6. A cloud of gas in a galaxy
  7. The study of the universe
  8. The emission of energy as electromagnetic waves
  9. Earliest forms of matter, 1e-16 meters
  10. Any physical substance

20 Clues: The planet we live on • Massive celestial body • Any physical substance • The study of the universe • Middle of our solar system • A cloud of gas in a galaxy • Gas Giants are considered... • A point with infinite density • The process of becoming bigger • An explosion of a high mass star • A star that emits light when it pulse • Earliest forms of matter, 1e-16 meters • ...

Space Vocabulary 2016-06-01

Space Vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. the point in the orbit of a planet at which the planet is farthest from the sun
  2. Equinox the equinox in spring, on about March 20 in the northern hemisphere and September 22 in the southern hemisphere
  3. the study of the origin, properties, processes, and evolution of the universe
  4. one of 88 regions into which the sky has been divided in order to describe the locaions of celestial objects; a group of starts organzied in a recongnizable pattern
  5. the bending of a wavefront as the wavefront passes between two substances in which the speed of the waves differs; also the process by which ocean eaves bend directly toward the coastline as they approach shallow water
  6. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution.
  7. having a wavelength shorter than that of the violet end of the visible spectrum but longer than that of X-rays.
  8. an instrument that collects electromagnetic radition from the sky and concentrates it for better observation
  9. Unit the average distance between the Earth and the sun; approximately 150 million kilometers
  10. Bang Theory the theory that all matter and energy in the universe was compressed into an extremely small volume that 13 billion to 15 billion years ago exploded and began expanding in all directions
  11. X-ray Observatory previously known as the Advanced X-ray Astrophysics Facility (AXAF), is a space observatory launched on STS-93 by NASA on July 23, 1999. Chandra is sensitive to X-ray sources 100 times fainter than any previous X-raytelescope, enabled by the high angular resolution of its mirrors.
  12. the distance that light travels in one year; about 9.46 trillion kilometers
  13. telescopes that gathers and focuses light, mainly from the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum, to create a magnified image for direct view, or to make a photograph, or to collect data through electronic image sensors.
  14. Equator the projection into space of the earth's equator; an imaginary circle equidistant from the celestial poles.
  15. the spin of a body on its axis
  16. Webb Space Telescope previously known as Next Generation Space Telescope (NGST), is a flagship-class space observatory under construction and scheduled to launch in October 2018.
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  1. the moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial eqator
  2. Space Telescope is a space telescopethat was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990, and remains in operation.
  3. the scientific study of the universe
  4. Solstice the solstice that marks the onset of summer, at the time of the longest day, about June 21 in the northern hemisphere and December 22 in the southern hemisphere.
  5. telescope a telescope that uses a curved mirror to gather and focus light from distant objects
  6. the motion of a body that travels around another body in space; one complete trip along an orbit
  7. Solstice the solstice that marks the onset of winter, at the time of the shortest day, about December 22 in the northern hemisphere and June 21 in the southern hemisphere
  8. Spectrum all of the frequencies or wavelengths of electromagnetic radiation
  9. the point in the orbit of a planet at which the planet is closet to the sun
  10. Space Telescope formerly theSpace Infrared Telescope Facility (SIRTF), is an infrared space observatory launched in 2003. It is the fourth and final of the NASA Great Observatories program.
  11. Gamma Ray Observatory was a space observatory detecting light from 20 keV to 30 GeV in Earth orbit from 1991 to 2000.
  12. the point at which the sun is as far north or as far south of the equator as possible
  13. a collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity
  14. Equinox the equinox in autumn, on about September 22 in the northern hemisphere and March 20 in the southern hemisphere.
  15. an event in which the shadow of one celestial bod falls on another
  16. Way Galaxy the galaxy of which the sun and the solar system are a part and which contains the myriads of stars that create the light of the Milky Way.

32 Clues: the spin of a body on its axis • the scientific study of the universe • the moment when the sun appears to cross the celestial eqator • a collection of stars, dust, and gas bound together by gravity • an event in which the shadow of one celestial bod falls on another • the point in the orbit of a planet at which the planet is closet to the sun • ...

space crossword 2019-06-18

space crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. less illuminated than a full moon but larger than the moon at third quarter
  2. a real or imaginary line on which something rotates, or a straight line around which things are evenly arranged
  3. first phase of the moon
  4. the sun illuminating only a little of the left of the moon
  5. an eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon
  6. an eclipse in which the moon appears darkened as it passes into the earth's shadow
  7. the dark central part of a sunspot
  8. the process or act of turning or circling around something
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  1. the phase of the moon in which its whole disk is illuminated
  2. a respectably large fraction of the moon's dayside faces our way
  3. an eclipse of a celestial body in which only part of the luminary is obscured or darkened
  4. the sun illuminating only a little of the right side of the moon
  5. an eclipse in which the whole of the disk of the sun or moon is obscured
  6. primary moon phase when half of the moon's surface is illuminated
  7. two full moons in one month
  8. the natural satellite of the earth
  9. appears to be half illuminated by the sun
  10. summer winter fall spring
  11. the partially shaded outer region of the shadow cast by an opaque object
  12. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution

20 Clues: first phase of the moon • summer winter fall spring • two full moons in one month • the natural satellite of the earth • the dark central part of a sunspot • appears to be half illuminated by the sun • an eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon • the sun illuminating only a little of the left of the moon • ...

Space Stuffs 2019-08-06

Space Stuffs crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The fourth planet from the sun that scientists say could be habitable.
  2. The branch of science which deals with celestial objects and space.
  3. A person trained by a spaceflight program to command, pilot, or serve as a crew member of a spacecraft.
  4. When the moons position covers the Sun.
  5. A looking device that can help to look up at the night sky.
  6. A small planetary body in orbit around the Sun, larger than a meteoroid but smaller than a planet.
  7. The sixth planet from the sun, that has the biggest and brightest rings.
  8. The seventh planet in our solar system which is made up of ice and rock.
  9. A gigantic burning ball of gas that sits at the center of the solar system.
Down
  1. The name of the most commonly known space agency on Earth.
  2. The name of the Galaxy the Solar System is located in.
  3. A concentration of mass so dense that nothing, not even light, can escape its gravitational pull once swallowed up.
  4. A pattern of stars that create an image.
  5. The poor little dwarf planet that used to be a planet.
  6. The biggest planet that has a big red spot on it.
  7. A vast collection of stars, gas, and dust, that contains the solar system.
  8. The shape that a planet revolves around the sun in.
  9. The smallest planet in the Solar System which is the closest to the Sun.
  10. The planet furthest from the Sun and is the third most massive planet.
  11. The planet we live on.

20 Clues: The planet we live on. • When the moons position covers the Sun. • A pattern of stars that create an image. • The biggest planet that has a big red spot on it. • The shape that a planet revolves around the sun in. • The name of the Galaxy the Solar System is located in. • The poor little dwarf planet that used to be a planet. • ...

Parking Space 2012-11-19

Parking Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. bend
  2. mountain
  3. clark
  4. of the arctic
  5. cave
  6. volcanoes
  7. caverns
  8. bay
  9. verde
  10. Rainer
  11. forest
  12. islands
  13. teton
  14. canyon
  15. canyon
  16. cascades
Down
  1. tortugas
  2. smoky mountains
  3. mountains
  4. culture
  5. royale
  6. reef
  7. volcano
  8. valley
  9. lake
  10. fjords
  11. springs

27 Clues: bay • bend • cave • reef • lake • clark • verde • teton • royale • valley • Rainer • forest • canyon • fjords • canyon • culture • caverns • volcano • islands • springs • tortugas • mountain • cascades • mountains • volcanoes • of the arctic • smoky mountains

Space Crossword! 2012-11-13

Space Crossword! crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Some are natural, maybe even moons?
  2. An organization that find out all about space
  3. We used this to get to the moon in '69
  4. Flying objects that aren't dentified
  5. Star Some people make wishes on them
  6. Some creature out of this world
  7. Something heading to Earth, but leaves a mark
  8. A big ball of gas and fire! Keeps us alive
  9. We have a big one in the centre of our Solar System
  10. A big dusty tail and look awesome at night,very old
Down
  1. The biggest planet in our Solar System
  2. Asteroids between Mars and Jupiter
  3. Something heading to Earth burning
  4. Spots on the sun that isn't good for communications
  5. Earth has one.. Saturn has 60
  6. We have 8 in our Solar system
  7. Big rocks that have a famous "belt"
  8. A big part of the whole world, some say it never ends
  9. Nova A Nova, nope! But bigger
  10. A planet with 7 billion living organisms

20 Clues: Earth has one.. Saturn has 60 • We have 8 in our Solar system • Nova A Nova, nope! But bigger • Some creature out of this world • Asteroids between Mars and Jupiter • Something heading to Earth burning • Some are natural, maybe even moons? • Big rocks that have a famous "belt" • Flying objects that aren't dentified • Star Some people make wishes on them • ...

Space Crossword 2012-10-22

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. What you see at night
  2. TheBig………
  3. Our Planet
  4. Our Galaxy
  5. Super dense object
  6. The planet that everyone laughs at
  7. Sounds like scorpion
  8. Red Planet
  9. What keeps us from floating away
  10. Very hot
Down
  1. Rock in space
  2. A reusable Space Ship belonging to NASA
  3. The entire……
  4. How fare light travels in an Earth year
  5. This planet has 4 Moons
  6. Takes you to the other side of the universe
  7. Planet after Uranus
  8. Planet with rings around it
  9. Sparkles at night
  10. Dwarf Planet

20 Clues: Very hot • TheBig……… • Our Planet • Our Galaxy • Red Planet • The entire…… • Dwarf Planet • Rock in space • Sparkles at night • Super dense object • Planet after Uranus • Sounds like scorpion • What you see at night • This planet has 4 Moons • Planet with rings around it • What keeps us from floating away • The planet that everyone laughs at • A reusable Space Ship belonging to NASA • ...

Space Crossword 2012-10-24

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. This planet has 4 Moons
  2. The planet that everyone laughs at
  3. Planet with rings around it
  4. Very hot
  5. TheBig………
  6. Sounds like scorpion
  7. Our Galaxy
  8. Our Planet
  9. What you see at night
  10. Rock in space
Down
  1. How fare light travels in an Earth year
  2. What keeps us from floating away
  3. Red Planet
  4. Planet after Uranus
  5. Sparkles at night
  6. The entire……
  7. Super dense object
  8. Dwarf Planet
  9. A reusable Space Ship belonging to NASA
  10. Takes you to the other side of the universe

20 Clues: Very hot • TheBig……… • Red Planet • Our Galaxy • Our Planet • The entire…… • Dwarf Planet • Rock in space • Sparkles at night • Super dense object • Planet after Uranus • Sounds like scorpion • What you see at night • This planet has 4 Moons • Planet with rings around it • What keeps us from floating away • The planet that everyone laughs at • How fare light travels in an Earth year • ...

Moon/space 2013-02-24

Moon/space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The first man to land on the moon
  2. frozen rain
  3. the first dog in space (Name)
  4. The seventh planet from the sun
  5. System In here, there are the planets, the sun, and much more
  6. What year did the first man land on the moon
  7. This probe went to Venus
  8. the breed of the first dog in space
  9. How long did neil armstrong live for
  10. the ..... around you
Down
  1. what age was neil armstrong when he died
  2. what number was the ship (apollo .... )
  3. when did neil armstrong die
  4. created when a stat calapes
  5. Sometimes these crash to Earth
  6. You should not look directly at these
  7. their is no .......... in space
  8. what mounth did the rocket land on
  9. earth has one of these it comes out at night
  10. A space station
  11. the first country to have a flag on the moon
  12. the thing they only had 60 secions left of at one point

22 Clues: frozen rain • A space station • the ..... around you • This probe went to Venus • when did neil armstrong die • created when a stat calapes • the first dog in space (Name) • Sometimes these crash to Earth • their is no .......... in space • The seventh planet from the sun • The first man to land on the moon • what mounth did the rocket land on • the breed of the first dog in space • ...

Space Exploration 2012-05-05

Space Exploration crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a model of the universe that places the Sun at the center with Earth, the planets, and moons revolving around it.
  2. The phenomenon that the observed frequency of a wave changes if the source of the wave and the observe are moving toward or away from one another.
  3. The study of spectra spectrum produced when a beam of light is passes through a prism
  4. There is almost as much gravity in orbit as there is on Earth; however, gravity is effectively eliminated inside a spacecraft due to the free-falling effect of orbiting earth, which causes the microgravity environment.
  5. When spectral lines move toward the longer-wavelength part (red end) of the spectrum.
  6. A telescope that has a lens for the objective
  7. Varying types of energy waves emitted by stars (radio waves, infrared waves, visible light, ultraviolet waves, rays and gamma rays.
  8. the angle measured clockwise from north when measuring altitude-azimuth co-ordinates
  9. A device made of thousands of closely spaced slits through which light is passed in order to produce a spectrum.
  10. Objects in space that give off large amounts of radio waves
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  1. Newton’s law states that all objects attract all other objects, and provides an explanation for the planet’s elliptical orbits.
  2. A figure that looks like a squashed circle; planets in the solar system move in elliptical orbits around the Sun
  3. Using radio waves to learn about the composition of stars
  4. a method of acceleration, which enables spacecraft to change speed by using the gravity of a poster.
  5. a satellite made by humans, such as a spacecraft or telescope.
  6. taking measurements of Earth (and other planets) from space.
  7. (AU) is the distance from Earth to the Sun (150 million km)
  8. all objects seen in the sky (sun, moon, stars and planets.
  9. Orbit of satellites placed about 36000 km above the ground, directly above the equator, orbiting Earth once every 24 hours
  10. A technology that electronically connects two (or more) separate telescopes to combine their images.
  11. orbit: Orbit of satellites placed about 36,000 km above the ground, directly
  12. A rocket with a bomb as a payload, launched in a trajectory that sends it up into space and down onto its target.
  13. A method of measuring distance indirectly by creating an imaginary triangle between an observer and an object whose distance is to be estimated.
  14. the large lens at the front of a telescope.
  15. a Russian term for astronaut.

25 Clues: a Russian term for astronaut. • the large lens at the front of a telescope. • A telescope that has a lens for the objective • Using radio waves to learn about the composition of stars • all objects seen in the sky (sun, moon, stars and planets. • (AU) is the distance from Earth to the Sun (150 million km) • Objects in space that give off large amounts of radio waves • ...

Space Crossword 2013-06-03

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Hottest planet
  2. Leftover formations of stars or planets, chunks of rock and ice, when close enough to the Sun, has a gaseous trail behind it
  3. Organization that conducts experiments, researches about space
  4. Small rocks floating in space (remains of planets), not big enough to be called planets
  5. Point directly above your head
  6. A small object orbiting a larger one
  7. Composed of 30% forest, 70% ocean
  8. A sudden violent burst of energy
  9. Period between new moons
  10. Planet bright red in colour
  11. Theory that the universe expanded quickly after the Big Bang
  12. Has visible rings, pale yellow
  13. Group of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity
Down
  1. Compactness of matter
  2. Gas giant, biggest planet
  3. When asteroids hit the Moon and form visible "holes"
  4. Amount of time it takes for the Earth to spin once on its axis
  5. A group of stars named by astronomers because of how they look
  6. Blue, icy planet
  7. Apparent change in the shape of the Moon, Mercury or Venus depending on how much of the sunlit side is facing your direction (Earth)

20 Clues: Hottest planet • Blue, icy planet • Compactness of matter • Period between new moons • Gas giant, biggest planet • Planet bright red in colour • Point directly above your head • Has visible rings, pale yellow • A sudden violent burst of energy • Composed of 30% forest, 70% ocean • A small object orbiting a larger one • When asteroids hit the Moon and form visible "holes" • ...

Space Crossword 2013-06-03

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Gas giant, biggest planet
  2. Organization that conducts experiments, researches about space
  3. Theory that the universe expanded quickly after the Big Bang
  4. Point directly above your head
  5. A group of stars named by astronomers because of how they look
  6. Blue, icy planet
  7. Planet bright red in colour
  8. Apparent change in the shape of the Moon, Mercury or Venus depending on how much of the sunlit side is facing your direction (Earth)
  9. Amount of time it takes for the Earth to spin once on its axis
Down
  1. When asteroids hit the Moon and form visible "holes"
  2. Composed of 30% forest, 70% ocean
  3. Period between new moons
  4. A small object orbiting a larger one
  5. Compactness of matter
  6. Leftover formations of stars or planets, chunks of rock and ice, when close enough to the Sun, has a gaseous trail behind it
  7. Has visible rings, pale yellow
  8. Small rocks floating in space (remains of planets), not big enough to be called planets
  9. Hottest planet
  10. Group of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity
  11. A sudden violent burst of energy

20 Clues: Hottest planet • Blue, icy planet • Compactness of matter • Period between new moons • Gas giant, biggest planet • Planet bright red in colour • Point directly above your head • Has visible rings, pale yellow • A sudden violent burst of energy • Composed of 30% forest, 70% ocean • A small object orbiting a larger one • When asteroids hit the Moon and form visible "holes" • ...

space terms 2013-06-07

space terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A bowl-shaped depression caused by a comet or
  2. year The distance that a ray of light travels in
  3. A cloud of glowing gases that surrounds a
  4. rock.
  5. The length of time it takes a planet to spin around
  6. The third planet from the Sun
  7. from Earth.
  8. clusters and other matter
  9. A star’s brightness
  10. the Moon.
  11. year
  12. star A star which is larger than the Sun.
  13. surrounding a relatively small core.
  14. caused when our planet passes between the Sun
  15. A darkening of the Moon, as viewed from
  16. hovering just above the Sun’s surface.
  17. The closest planet to the Sun
  18. asteroid. On geologically active moons and planets.
  19. The force of attraction that pulls a smaller
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  1. toward a more massive object
  2. The imaginary line around the middle of a
  3. giant A type of planet which is made up of gas and
  4. hemisphere.
  5. The outermost part of the Sun’s atmosphere.
  6. dividing its northern hemisphere from its
  7. A star which is smaller than the Sun.
  8. Half of a planet or moon
  9. A group of stars that can be seen as a
  10. colliding with the surface of a planet, moon,
  11. The outer part of a planet or moon, made mostly
  12. Small, rocky object orbiting the Sun
  13. The star at the center of our solar system
  14. A group of stars, nebulae, star clusters,

33 Clues: year • rock. • the Moon. • hemisphere. • from Earth. • A star’s brightness • Half of a planet or moon • clusters and other matter • toward a more massive object • The third planet from the Sun • The closest planet to the Sun • surrounding a relatively small core. • Small, rocky object orbiting the Sun • A star which is smaller than the Sun. • A group of stars that can be seen as a • ...

Space Review 2013-06-12

Space Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Another name for a shooting star
  2. An object that travels around a planet or a dwarf planet
  3. The name of the first gas planet after the asteroid belt
  4. The process through which the Sun generates heat and light
  5. Astronauts in space lose about ____ percent of their bone mass each month they are in space
  6. What separates the inner and outer solar system
  7. Gases and charged particles expelled above an active sunspot
  8. The name of our Galaxy
  9. What a small to medium size star will become when it runs out of fuel
Down
  1. The term used to describe the longest or shortest days of the year
  2. Large chunks of ice, dust and rock that orbit the sun
  3. Piece of rock or metal in the solar system smaller than an asteroid
  4. A big star that explodes might form a ______________
  5. that the Universe began in an incredibly hot, dense expansion about 13.7 billion years ago
  6. ___________ can cause astronauts to experience bone loss, stroke symptoms and changes in blood cell shape
  7. What a star becomes after it is a Red Giant
  8. A star begins as a __________
  9. The unit used to measure distances beyond our Solar System
  10. The planet between Venus and Mars
  11. The Northen Hemisphere is point _______ from the Sun during the winter

20 Clues: The name of our Galaxy • A star begins as a __________ • Another name for a shooting star • The planet between Venus and Mars • What a star becomes after it is a Red Giant • What separates the inner and outer solar system • A big star that explodes might form a ______________ • Large chunks of ice, dust and rock that orbit the sun • ...

Space Science 2013-06-02

Space Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The inside of the sun that makes energy.
  2. Earth's magnetic field stimulating molecules atmosphere.
  3. I device that NASA has up in space for re search.
  4. White dwarf has used up all of its fuel and cooled off.
  5. Distance measured galaxies.
  6. the quality or condition of being dense.
  7. What robots collect from mars and the moon.
  8. When the entire moon is lit up.
  9. North and South.
  10. When a rock enters Earth's atmosphere.
  11. A birth nursery for new stars.
  12. Darker patches on the sun that are cooler than the rest.
Down
  1. Only in that part of its orbit that is close to the sun.
  2. When something spins on its axis.
  3. Eruption of magnetic energy released on the sun.
  4. What keeps you in place on Earth.
  5. A faintly colored luminous ring.
  6. When a star is at the end of its life
  7. The height of a thing above a reference level.
  8. A collection of large mass stars and planets.
  9. The time during which such an obscuration occurs.
  10. belt Where most of the asteroids are found.
  11. When something orbits.
  12. When the moon is all black.
  13. bowl shaped depression on the moon.
  14. A ball of gas and heat.
  15. America's space program

27 Clues: North and South. • When something orbits. • A ball of gas and heat. • America's space program • Distance measured galaxies. • When the moon is all black. • A birth nursery for new stars. • When the entire moon is lit up. • A faintly colored luminous ring. • When something spins on its axis. • What keeps you in place on Earth. • bowl shaped depression on the moon. • ...

Space Crossword 2013-06-01

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Highest winds in the solar system
  2. Name of the biggest type of black hole
  3. You’ll find Olympus Mons, the largest volcano in our solar system here
  4. spherical cloud of small rocky and icy
  5. What does SOHO study?
  6. Over 70% is covered in water
  7. What happens is you get too close to a black hole
  8. disk-shaped region of minor planets outside the orbit of Neptune
  9. Rock or dust that revolves around the sun
  10. Cassini left in 1997 to travel to which planet?
Down
  1. Sometimes called dirty snowballs
  2. First man in space
  3. Planet that’s cold as ice
  4. Cold, windy, smelly and was going to be called George
  5. How the universe started
  6. Great Bear is an example of one of these
  7. What travels round the earth in 10 milliseconds?
  8. Hottest planet in the solar system
  9. an object that revolves around a planet
  10. Named after the Roman messenger God
  11. The biggest planet in our solar system
  12. Where you would find Eris and Dysnomia.
  13. Name of the first dog to orbit Earth
  14. Red supergiant, binary star and the brightest in the constellation Scorpius
  15. Little green men?

25 Clues: Little green men? • First man in space • What does SOHO study? • How the universe started • Planet that’s cold as ice • Over 70% is covered in water • Sometimes called dirty snowballs • Highest winds in the solar system • Hottest planet in the solar system • Named after the Roman messenger God • Name of the first dog to orbit Earth • Name of the biggest type of black hole • ...

outer space 2013-12-02

outer space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a large exploding comet
  2. perfect whole shadow
  3. clarity of the sky
  4. you go star_____
  5. the opposite sunrise
  6. we hope there will be no solar ____
  7. the inside of earth
  8. venus appears in the sky
  9. no longer a planet
  10. a unit of tempature= to an celcius scale
  11. a large amount of stars and planets
  12. belt across the sky
  13. earth is clostest to it.
  14. a short form for universal time
Down
  1. a number of neutrons
  2. force on an object caused by gravity
  3. related to earth
  4. there are 9 of them
  5. warms the earth
  6. astronauts travel to outer____
  7. between 2 sucseful new moons
  8. amount of matter with a given volume
  9. exploding star
  10. has a tail of gas and dust, a shining bright object

24 Clues: exploding star • warms the earth • related to earth • you go star_____ • clarity of the sky • no longer a planet • there are 9 of them • the inside of earth • belt across the sky • a number of neutrons • perfect whole shadow • the opposite sunrise • a large exploding comet • venus appears in the sky • earth is clostest to it. • between 2 sucseful new moons • astronauts travel to outer____ • ...

Flight & Space 2015-04-27

Flight & Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A vehicle, missile, or aircraft which obtains thrust by the reaction to the ejection of fast moving exhaust from within a rocket engine.
  2. Branch of technology and industry concerned with aviation and space flight.
  3. the cone-shaped nose of a rocket or aircraft.
  4. For every action there is an equal and opposition reaction.
  5. The force generated by the gravitational attraction of the earth on the airplane. Lift must be equal to weight in order to sustain flight.
  6. As the speed of a fluid increases, its pressure decreases.
  7. A rocket-launched spacecraft able to land like an unpowered aircraft, used for journeys between earth and craft orbiting the earth.
  8. A force applied to a body to propel it in a desired direction. The force which moves an aircraft through the air.
  9. The force that directly opposes the weight of an airplane and holds the airplane in the air.
  10. Transferring of energy to an object, typically by pushing or pulling on that object.
  11. The rate of change of velocity with respect to time.
  12. To set or thrust in motion.
Down
  1. The means by which aircraft and spacecraft are moved forward. It is a combination of factors such as thrust (forward push), lift (upward push), drag (backward pull) and weight (downward pull).
  2. An engine that produces thrust by expelling hot gases from a rear nozzle.
  3. The relationship among an object’s mass (m), acceleration (a), and an applied force (F), is Force equals mass times acceleration (F= ma).
  4. A fixed or adjustable vane or airfoil affixed longitudinally to an aerodynamically or ballistically designed body for stabilizing purposes.
  5. helps to guide the rocket upward until it reaches enough velocity for the fins to engage.
  6. Objects at rest stay at rest and objects in motion stay in motion unless an external force is applied. It is known as the law of inertia.
  7. also called the "O Ring" it holds the rocket engine inside the rocket.
  8. A vector quantity that includes the speed and direction of an object.
  9. assists in the safe recovery of the rocket.
  10. A part or surface, such as a wing, propeller blade, or rudder, whose shape and orientation control stability, direction, lift, thrust, or propulsion.

22 Clues: To set or thrust in motion. • assists in the safe recovery of the rocket. • the cone-shaped nose of a rocket or aircraft. • The rate of change of velocity with respect to time. • As the speed of a fluid increases, its pressure decreases. • For every action there is an equal and opposition reaction. • ...

Space Crossword 2015-03-11

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The force of attraction between two objects.
  2. The unit used to measure force.
  3. The unit used to measure mass
  4. An unmanned that has cameras and other equipment to collect data on other planets.
  5. Electromagnetic spectrum is a family of waves including light,________,microwaves and radio waves.
  6. A huge collection of stars.
  7. A space probe that lands on a planet or moon.
  8. Anything that orbits a planet or moon.
  9. The ___________ is a collection of 8 planets and the sun along with bodies in the forms of asteroids meteoroids and comets.
  10. The force of gravity can get be increased if the two objects have large masses.
  11. ______________ was one of the first astronomers that suggested the Sun was at the center of the solar system.
Down
  1. A man made satellite.
  2. Heat energy that travels by radiation, it's able to travel through transparent things and a vacuum.
  3. A huge ball of gas that releases heat and energy.
  4. On Earth, gravity pulls on every kilogram of mass with a ______ of 10 N
  5. The path a moon or satellite takes around a planet.
  6. One of gravity's factors.
  7. The shape of a planet's orbit around the Sun.
  8. All the galaxies and the space between them.
  9. An _______ is a space probe that goes into orbit around a planet or a moon.

20 Clues: A man made satellite. • One of gravity's factors. • A huge collection of stars. • The unit used to measure mass • The unit used to measure force. • Anything that orbits a planet or moon. • The force of attraction between two objects. • All the galaxies and the space between them. • A space probe that lands on a planet or moon. • The shape of a planet's orbit around the Sun. • ...

Space Crossword 2015-11-17

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. American space station
  2. Our ______ is the milkey way
  3. Something orbiting around earth
  4. Giant metal object used for space comunication
  5. Balls of gas usually dead by the time we see them
  6. An eruption of raditotion on the suns surface
  7. Hayles _____ passes by earth every 75 years
  8. The study of space
  9. Our home planet
  10. Big ball of gas that we would die without
  11. Big blue planet that has a ring aorund it
  12. Opisite to night
  13. The planet with the most moons in our solar system
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  1. Celestial bodies moving around the stars
  2. Everything is made up of millions of them
  3. Second closeset to the sun
  4. The study of stars
  5. Chunks of rock flying through space
  6. The earths ____ is tilted
  7. 8th planet furthest from the sun
  8. The planet after earth but before jupiter
  9. Closest planet to the sun
  10. all the planets

23 Clues: Our home planet • all the planets • Opisite to night • The study of stars • The study of space • American space station • The earths ____ is tilted • Closest planet to the sun • Second closeset to the sun • Our ______ is the milkey way • Something orbiting around earth • 8th planet furthest from the sun • Chunks of rock flying through space • Celestial bodies moving around the stars • ...

Space Talk 2014-12-06

Space Talk crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The gasses that surrounds a planet or moon.
  2. A cloud of dust and gas in space known as a birth place for stars.
  3. Everything around us is part of it and is 13.7 billion years old.
  4. The closest planet to the sun.
  5. A giant ball of hot gas that emits its own radiation.
  6. A group of stars that form a shape of picture in the sky.
  7. The planet we live on.
  8. A phenomenon that occurs when the moon passes into the shadow of the earth.
  9. A term used to describe a point directly underneath an object or body.
  10. An explosion that some scientists believe created the universe.
  11. Water in its solid state.
  12. The area around a planet most affected by its magnetic field.
  13. The name of our galaxy.
  14. A meteor that hits earth is completely burned up.
  15. Referred to two times a year the sun rays are furthest from the equator.
  16. An imaginary circle drawn through the north and south poles.
  17. A small rocky object in orbit around the sun.
  18. A large ball of ice and rock that orbits the sun.
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  1. holes A region in space that is so dense that not even light can escape.
  2. The measurement we use within our solar system.
  3. A word used to describe anything that contains mass.
  4. The only star in our solar system.
  5. A distance equal to 1000 parsecs.
  6. A scientific device that scientist use to observe celestial objects in space.
  7. A narrow stream of gas or particles ejected from an accretion disk surrounding a star or black hole.
  8. An element containing of one electron and one proton.
  9. Station A satellite orbiting the earth that people can live on.
  10. A mutual physical force of nature that causes too bodies to attract each other.
  11. The measurement we use within our universe.
  12. Dark patches on the suns surface.
  13. Star The hottest stars are.
  14. The name for a human that goes up to space.
  15. A small particle of rock or dust that burns away in the earths atmosphere.
  16. Water does not exist in its liquid form past this point.
  17. A term used to describe all elements except hydrogen and helium.
  18. The path of a celestial body as it moves through space.
  19. A measure of the total amount of material in a body.

37 Clues: The planet we live on. • The name of our galaxy. • Water in its solid state. • Star The hottest stars are. • The closest planet to the sun. • A distance equal to 1000 parsecs. • Dark patches on the suns surface. • The only star in our solar system. • The gasses that surrounds a planet or moon. • The measurement we use within our universe. • ...

space crossword 2015-02-28

space crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. what gave origin to the universe
  2. occurs when the earth blocks the sunlight from reaching the moon
  3. very dense planet closest one to the sun
  4. force that keeps us in the ground
  5. number of stars found in the milky way
  6. a collection of stars agglomerated
  7. protects the earth from solar winds
  8. the atom that gave origin to the universe
  9. collections of stars, dust, gas. usually orbiting a super massiveblackhole
  10. galaxy our star is located
  11. matter in space that doesn't interact with light nor gravity
  12. phenomenon makes it clear to see the corona
  13. measurement equivalent to the distance from the earth to the sun
  14. measurement used for distances in space
  15. nearest star to the sun
  16. theory explaining the origin of the universe
  17. when the plasma explosion is too big for the sun's magnetic field, and gets thrown into space
  18. earth's movement resulting day and night
  19. place on a star where lighter elements fuse to create heavier elements
  20. different theories explain how it came to orbit earth
  21. telescope orbiting the earth giving us information of space
  22. Located on the sun's surface indicate strong magnetic field
  23. an opening to the 4D universe where the laws of physics don't apply
  24. Hubble telescope named after this astronomer
  25. Death of a high mass star
  26. can come from a supernova if the star was < 40x the sun
  27. only known planet containing life
  28. HOT material found only inside stars
Down
  1. type of galaxy with no define shape
  2. biggest planet in the solar system
  3. happens on the sun's surface when plasma is thrown into space but pulled back by the sun's gravity
  4. black hole at the centre of our galaxy
  5. this planet contains HUGE rings made up of dust and rocks
  6. three nebulas close to each other that can be seen as pillars
  7. located at the centre of most galaxies
  8. large amounts of energy emitted by supermassive black holes
  9. Takes the light 100 000 years to travel through
  10. movement of earth around the sun
  11. stereotypical type of galaxy
  12. system containing 2 stars orbiting each other
  13. result of a coronal mass ejection
  14. theoretical planet that collided with earth billions of years ago creating the moon
  15. collection of galaxies agglomerated together
  16. red layer of the sun, only seen in solar eclipses
  17. primal ingredient when creating stars
  18. type of star cluster found above and below the centre of our galaxy
  19. infinite gravity is there found
  20. fastest speed allowed in the 3D universe
  21. star which our planet orbits
  22. closest galaxy to the milky way
  23. everything that exists
  24. giant clouds of dust left behind by a supernova

52 Clues: everything that exists • nearest star to the sun • Death of a high mass star • galaxy our star is located • stereotypical type of galaxy • star which our planet orbits • infinite gravity is there found • closest galaxy to the milky way • what gave origin to the universe • movement of earth around the sun • force that keeps us in the ground • result of a coronal mass ejection • ...

Space Weather 2014-05-27

Space Weather crossword puzzle
Across
  1. area beyond Earth's atmosphere
  2. what happens to Earth's climate when no sunspots happen
  3. envelope of gases surrounding Earth
  4. a temporary disturbance of the Earth's magnetic field
  5. a problem with electronics caused by solar flares
  6. changes outside the Earth's atmosphere influenced by the Sun
  7. impedes the direct entry of solar wind plasma on Earth
  8. what the Sun is
  9. third planet from the Sun
  10. gives life to our planet
  11. period of greatest solar activity
  12. a system by which electrical power comes to your home
Down
  1. the study of the Sun-Earth connection
  2. visual phenomena associated with the Sun
  3. flows from the Sun to the edge of the solar system
  4. explosion in the Sun;s atmosphere
  5. the magnetic field in and around Earth
  6. gaseous envelope of the Sun
  7. travels at 300,000 kilometres per second
  8. cool dark area on the surface of the Sun

20 Clues: what the Sun is • gives life to our planet • third planet from the Sun • gaseous envelope of the Sun • area beyond Earth's atmosphere • explosion in the Sun;s atmosphere • period of greatest solar activity • envelope of gases surrounding Earth • the study of the Sun-Earth connection • the magnetic field in and around Earth • visual phenomena associated with the Sun • ...

Space Words 2014-04-24

Space Words crossword puzzle
Across
  1. constellation in Northern hemisphere
  2. 8th planet also name of Roman god of the sea
  3. Soviet satellite
  4. center of something
  5. dwarf planet
  6. gas around an object in space
  7. a ball of gas like the Sun
  8. a person trained to pilot or serve as a member of spacecraft
  9. mass of rock in space
  10. gravitational force
  11. first spaceworthy Space Shuttle in NASA
  12. astronomical object with high energy
  13. when rocket leaves launch pad
  14. 2nd planet 4th smallest planet
Down
  1. between planets
  2. something that causes improvement
  3. outermost part of the Sun's atmosphere
  4. A device that orbits planets
  5. small rocks that revolve around the Sun and are smaller than planets
  6. a large hole on a surface
  7. path of a planet, satellite, or moon
  8. speed at which something moves or happens
  9. group of stars, gas, and dust also plates that belong in the universe
  10. 3rd planet only planet that supports life
  11. to stretch or extend something

25 Clues: dwarf planet • between planets • Soviet satellite • center of something • gravitational force • mass of rock in space • a large hole on a surface • a ball of gas like the Sun • A device that orbits planets • gas around an object in space • when rocket leaves launch pad • to stretch or extend something • 2nd planet 4th smallest planet • something that causes improvement • ...

Space Crossword 2014-08-31

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. has many rings around it made of ice and dust
  2. spacemen
  3. We live on it
  4. the smallest planet in the solar system
  5. a rocky space object
  6. the huge space which contains all matter and energy in existence
  7. a big ball of dirty ice and snow in outer space
  8. a planet so big that all the other planets could fit inside it
  9. to revolve around something
  10. the closest planet to earth
  11. relates to the sun
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  1. relates to the moon
  2. Very very hot
  3. an object that moves around a larger object
  4. all the gasses that surround a planet or star
  5. has a moon called tritan
  6. to turn around a center point
  7. Comes up in the sky at night time
  8. not a planet anymore
  9. iron in its soil gives it its red texture

20 Clues: spacemen • Very very hot • We live on it • relates to the sun • relates to the moon • a rocky space object • not a planet anymore • has a moon called tritan • to revolve around something • the closest planet to earth • to turn around a center point • Comes up in the sky at night time • the smallest planet in the solar system • iron in its soil gives it its red texture • ...

space crossword 2014-06-18

space crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - mars is the nearest planet to earth after venus, and it is the only planet to have either.
  2. the galaxies is a giant group of millions or even trillions of stars. Our own local galaxy is the Milky Way
  3. must be extremely fit and also have very good eyesight
  4. is a medium size star measuring 1,392,000 km across 100 times the diameter of the earth
  5. earth is the third planet out from the sun,149.6 million km away on average.
  6. venus shines like a star in the sky because its thick atmosphere reflects sunlight amazingly well.
  7. are globe shaped space object that orbits a star such as the sun
  8. the magnetic field around a planet or a star is called the magnetosphere
  9. a comets is a bright object with long tail which we sometimes see streaking across to the night sky
Down
  1. Orbit mean's travel round and a moon planet or other space object may be held within a larger space object gravitational
  2. the seventh planet out from the sun it's orbit keeps it 1,784million km away on average and takes 84 year to complete.
  3. the second biggest planets in the solar system 815 times as big in volume as the earth and measuring 120,000 km around its equator
  4. is over artificial satellite was sputnik launched on 4 october 1957.
  5. moon are are the natural satellites of planet most are small rock globes that continually orbit the parent planet, held in place by the place by the planet gravity
  6. is the biggest planet in the solar system twice as heavy as all the other planets put together
  7. is the nearest planet to the sun during its orbit it is different 45.9 and 69.7 million km away
  8. makes starburn by squeezing their matter together
  9. is a ball of mainly hydrogen and helium gas
  10. is the fastest thing in the universe travelling at 299,792,458 metres per second
  11. way- is the faint hazy band of light that you can see stretching right across the night sky

20 Clues: is a ball of mainly hydrogen and helium gas • makes starburn by squeezing their matter together • must be extremely fit and also have very good eyesight • are globe shaped space object that orbits a star such as the sun • is over artificial satellite was sputnik launched on 4 october 1957. • ...

Space Crossword 2014-05-16

Space Crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The imaginary line on which Earth and the moon rotate
  2. The Earth's natural satellite
  3. A chunk of rock or metal floating through space
  4. A big ball of fire
  5. The study of objects and their supposed effect on Earth
  6. A chunk of rock or metal going through Earth's atmosphere
  7. The shape of Earth's orbit
  8. The shortest day of the year
  9. The longest day of the year
  10. The idea that the solar system revolves around the earth
  11. This person believed that the universe was sun centered
  12. This happens on September 21
  13. The idea that the solar system revolves around the sun
  14. The motion of an object around another object
  15. An object that revolves around a planet
  16. The now called "Dwarf Planet"
Down
  1. The study of the planets
  2. This happens on March 21
  3. A chunk of rock or metal that hit the ground
  4. This person believed that the universe was Earth centered
  5. The point of the planets' orbit closest to the sun
  6. Grouping of stars used for navigation
  7. The planet closest to the sun
  8. Our planet
  9. The movement of Earth on its axis
  10. The point of the planets' orbit farthest from the sun

26 Clues: Our planet • A big ball of fire • The study of the planets • This happens on March 21 • The shape of Earth's orbit • The longest day of the year • The shortest day of the year • This happens on September 21 • The Earth's natural satellite • The planet closest to the sun • The now called "Dwarf Planet" • The movement of Earth on its axis • Grouping of stars used for navigation • ...

Space Terms 2023-10-26

Space Terms crossword puzzle
Across
  1. A late-stage star in which hydrogen fusion has ceased in its core, causing it to expand and become reddish in color.
  2. The entirety of space, time, matter, and energy that encompasses all galaxies, stars, planets, and everything in existence.
  3. The colour of the hottest stars
  4. A sudden and intense burst of energy and radiation from the Sun's surface, often accompanied by solar storms.
  5. A massive star in the late stages of its evolution, characterized by its enormous size and reddish appearance.
  6. A powerful explosion that occurs when a star reaches the end of its life cycle, briefly outshining an entire galaxy.
  7. A celestial object composed of dust, rock, and ice that orbits a star and displays a characteristic tail when it approaches the star.
  8. A natural light display in Earth's north pole caused by the interaction of charged particles from the Sun with the Earth's magnetic field, creating colorful, dancing lights in the sky.
  9. The curved path followed by an object as it revolves around another, often due to gravitational attraction.
  10. An object that orbits a larger celestial body, such as a natural moon orbiting a planet or an artificial satellite in Earth's orbit.
  11. An extremely compact and gravitationally intense region in space where nothing, not even light, can escape its pull due to the immense gravitational force.
  12. Small rocky or metallic objects that orbit the sun, primarily found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
  13. A large, looping structure of hot, glowing gas that extends from the Sun's surface into its outer atmosphere.
  14. A super-dense remnant of a massive star's core left behind after a supernova, primarily composed of neutrons.
Down
  1. A fragment of a rock that survives its journey through Earth's atmosphere and reaches the planet's surface.
  2. A vast cloud of gas and dust in space, often the birthplace of stars and planetary systems.
  3. The intrinsic brightness of a celestial object, especially stars, as observed from a standard distance
  4. A luminous celestial object primarily composed of hydrogen and helium that emits light and heat through nuclear fusion, which occurs in its core, providing the energy that sustains it.
  5. The scientific study of celestial objects and phenomena in the universe, such as stars, planets, galaxies, and cosmic events.
  6. A large celestial body that orbits a star (typically a sun), is spherical in shape, and has cleared its orbital path of other debris.
  7. A small, dense, and dim remnant of a star that has exhausted its nuclear fuel and is cooling down.
  8. A vast collection of stars, planetary systems, gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity, forming a distinct structure within the universe.
  9. The total amount of energy radiated by a celestial object, such as a star, per unit of time. It is a measure of the object's intrinsic brightness and is often expressed in terms of the Sun's luminosity as a reference point.
  10. Dark, cooler areas on the Sun's surface caused by intense magnetic activity and associated with lower temperatures.
  11. A young, developing star in the early stages of its formation, characterized by gravitational contraction and nuclear fusion initiation.

25 Clues: The colour of the hottest stars • A vast cloud of gas and dust in space, often the birthplace of stars and planetary systems. • A small, dense, and dim remnant of a star that has exhausted its nuclear fuel and is cooling down. • The intrinsic brightness of a celestial object, especially stars, as observed from a standard distance • ...

Space Science 2023-11-08

Space Science crossword puzzle
Across
  1. As you move north or south of the equator, the weather will begin to get________
  2. as the ___________ between two objects increases, the force of gravity between them decreases a lot!
  3. Which planet has more gravity, Jupiter or Mars
  4. Because the sun is so far away, sunlight strikes the surface of the Earth in straight and _________ lines
  5. A planet known for its beautiful rings
  6. This is what is likely at the center of the galaxy (squish the two words together)
  7. This planet rotates on its side
  8. Sunlight gets stretched-out when it hits a _________ surface like the Earth.
  9. If the ecliptic of the Sun is short, the altitude will be low. What season will it be?
  10. The circular path a planet takes around the Sun
Down
  1. The ____________ depends on the altitude of the Sun
  2. What is the fastest thing in the universe?
  3. If the altitude of the sun is LOW, the weather will be _____
  4. This is what happens when massive stars die. A neutron star (baby black hole) is left behind.
  5. The angle of the sun to the Earth
  6. What season will it be if the ecliptic is medium-size?
  7. The arch-shape path the sun takes through the sky every day
  8. Jupiter has more gravity than Earth because it has more ________
  9. The time of day when the Sun is at its peak is local __________
  10. What is the force that pulls all objects with mass towards each other?
  11. The invisible line going around the middle of the Earth
  12. Sunlight behaves predictably in perfectly ____________ lines
  13. If the altitude of the sun is HIGH, the weather will be _____

23 Clues: This planet rotates on its side • The angle of the sun to the Earth • A planet known for its beautiful rings • What is the fastest thing in the universe? • Which planet has more gravity, Jupiter or Mars • The circular path a planet takes around the Sun • The ____________ depends on the altitude of the Sun • What season will it be if the ecliptic is medium-size? • ...

space race 2023-11-03

space race crossword puzzle
Across
  1. - ......... Space Telescope - An observatory orbiting Earth that captures stunning images of the universe.
  2. - Cape .......... - A U.S. space launch site in Florida.
  3. - The Soviet spacecraft that carried Yuri Gagarin into space.
  4. - ......... Gagarin - The first human to orbit the Earth.
  5. - A pair of spacecraft sent on missions to explore the outer solar system.
  6. - The plane in which Earth orbits the Sun.
  7. - An activity where astronauts venture outside their spacecraft.
  8. - Lunney - A NASA flight director who played a crucial role in the Apollo program.
  9. - The section of the Apollo spacecraft that detached and landed astronauts on the Moon's surface.
  10. - Probe - An unmanned spacecraft designed for data collection in space.
  11. - The path an object takes as it revolves around another object in space.
  12. - ........... Tereshkova - The first woman in space, a Soviet cosmonaut.
  13. - The study of the origin, evolution, distribution, and future of life in the universe.
  14. - ........ Landing - The touchdown of Apollo spacecraft on the Moon.
  15. - The first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957.
  16. - John F. ......... - The U.S. President who set the goal of reaching the Moon.
  17. - ......... Race - The intense competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to achieve milestones in space exploration.
  18. - Gagarin - The first human to travel into space, a Soviet cosmonaut.
Down
  1. - A series of Russian spacecraft used for human spaceflight.
  2. - The Soviet spacecraft program for lunar exploration.
  3. - ......... Armstrong - The first person to walk on the Moon.
  4. - The world's first and largest operational space launch facility, located in Kazakhstan.
  5. - Mercury ......... - The rocket used in the early U.S. human spaceflight program.
  6. - A robotic vehicle used to explore the surface of other planets or celestial bodies.
  7. - A series of U.S. missions that landed humans on the Moon.
  8. - The scientific study of celestial objects and the universe.
  9. - A vast system of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter held together by gravity.
  10. - A vehicle that travels into space using controlled explosions.
  11. - The International Space Station, a space laboratory.
  12. - ....... Titov - The youngest person in space, a Soviet cosmonaut.
  13. - ....... Shepard - The first American in space, a Mercury astronaut.
  14. - A U.S. program that prepared for the Apollo missions.
  15. - A series of U.S. spacecraft designed to take close-up pictures of the Moon in the 1960s.
  16. - The first living creature in space, a Soviet space dog.
  17. - ......... Ride - The first American woman in space.
  18. - A term for a Soviet or Russian astronaut.
  19. - ......... System - The collection of celestial bodies, including the Sun, planets, and their moons, bound by gravity.
  20. - Space ......... - A reusable U.S. spacecraft for orbital missions.
  21. - The United States' government agency responsible for space exploration.
  22. - The first U.S. human spaceflight program.
  23. - A series of Soviet space stations.

41 Clues: - A series of Soviet space stations. • - The plane in which Earth orbits the Sun. • - A term for a Soviet or Russian astronaut. • - The first U.S. human spaceflight program. • - ......... Ride - The first American woman in space. • - The Soviet spacecraft program for lunar exploration. • - The International Space Station, a space laboratory. • ...

Space Review 2024-01-17

Space Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. quality of emitting or reflecting light
  2. branch of physics that studies celestial bodies
  3. point below the observer directly opposite the zenith
  4. building equipped to view astronomical phenomena
  5. or relating to or resembling or emanating from stars
  6. straight line through a body or figure
  7. immense cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space
  8. mass that enters earth's atmosphere, becoming incandescent
  9. nearest point in an orbit around the Earth
  10. star that explodes and becomes luminous in the process
  11. phenomenon when one celestial body obscures another
  12. degenerate neutron star that emits polarized radiation
Down
  1. path of a celestial body in its revolution about another
  2. outermost region of the sun's atmosphere
  3. starlike object that may send out radio waves
  4. like an egg
  5. to the sun or utilizing the energies of the sun
  6. force of attraction between all masses in the universe
  7. highest point of something
  8. absence of matter
  9. small celestial body composed of rock and metal
  10. or relating to or associated with the moon
  11. farthest point in an orbit around the Earth
  12. collection of star systems
  13. in phase

25 Clues: in phase • like an egg • absence of matter • highest point of something • collection of star systems • straight line through a body or figure • quality of emitting or reflecting light • outermost region of the sun's atmosphere • or relating to or associated with the moon • nearest point in an orbit around the Earth • farthest point in an orbit around the Earth • ...

SPACE CROSSWORD 2024-02-05

SPACE CROSSWORD crossword puzzle
Across
  1. PERSON THAT MAKES MAPS
  2. MAJOR CRACK IN EARTH
  3. RED PLANET
  4. MAKES DISTANT OBJECTS APPEAR CLOSER
  5. SPIN ON AN AXIS
  6. LONGEST AND SHORTEST DAYS
  7. MOVEMENT OF ONE OBJECT AROUND ANOTHER
  8. 7TH PLANET, FUNNY NAME
  9. MORE THAN HALF MOON
  10. SAME DAYLIGHT AND DARKNESS
  11. THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN
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  1. SMALLEST PLANET
  2. LESS THAN HALF MOON
  3. LONG VALLEY ON THE OCEAN FLOOR
  4. LARGEST PLANET
  5. SPACE JUNK BETWEEN THE ROCKY AND GASSY PLANETS
  6. BEST RINGED PLANET
  7. PERSON THAT STUDIES STRUCTURE OF EARTH
  8. EARTH'S TWIN
  9. CENTER OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
  10. DIRTY SPACE SNOWBALL
  11. FARTHEST PLANET FROM THE SUN

22 Clues: RED PLANET • EARTH'S TWIN • LARGEST PLANET • SMALLEST PLANET • SPIN ON AN AXIS • BEST RINGED PLANET • LESS THAN HALF MOON • MORE THAN HALF MOON • MAJOR CRACK IN EARTH • DIRTY SPACE SNOWBALL • PERSON THAT MAKES MAPS • 7TH PLANET, FUNNY NAME • THIRD ROCK FROM THE SUN • LONGEST AND SHORTEST DAYS • CENTER OF OUR SOLAR SYSTEM • SAME DAYLIGHT AND DARKNESS • FARTHEST PLANET FROM THE SUN • ...

Space Race 2023-03-29

Space Race crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Name of an American spaceman
  2. The first satelite launched in space
  3. The name of the period when the USA and the USSR were competing aignst each other
  4. The American president who boosted the American space industry
  5. Individuals not belonging to the earth planet
  6. National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  7. The first man in space
  8. " Ground controle to ... " (lyrics 2 words)
  9. Name of a Soviet spaceman
Down
  1. The clothing worn by spacemen
  2. The first man who walk on the Moon
  3. "That's one small step for a man, one big leap for..."
  4. This NASA project involved the human exploration of the moon.
  5. People who were in charge of calculating
  6. Name of the winner's capital
  7. The winners of the Space race
  8. Natural Earth satellite
  9. The first woman to fly in space
  10. The object that Amstrong fitted on the Moon
  11. A country which join today's space race

20 Clues: The first man in space • Natural Earth satellite • Name of a Soviet spaceman • Name of an American spaceman • Name of the winner's capital • The clothing worn by spacemen • The winners of the Space race • The first woman to fly in space • The first man who walk on the Moon • The first satelite launched in space • A country which join today's space race • ...

Space Race 2023-03-29

Space Race crossword puzzle
Across
  1. " Ground controle to ... " (lyrics 2 words)
  2. The first satelite launched in space.
  3. A country which join today's space race.
  4. People who were in charge of calculating
  5. "That's one small step for a man, one big leap for..."
  6. Individuals not belonging to the earth planet.
  7. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
  8. The first man who walk on the Moon.
  9. The name of the period when the USA and the USSR were competing aignst each other
  10. The first woman to fly in space.
Down
  1. Name of the winner's capital.
  2. Natural Earth satellite.
  3. Technical object used for human flights into space.
  4. The clothing worn by spacemen.
  5. Name of a Soviet spaceman.
  6. Name of an American spaceman.
  7. The winners of the Space race.
  8. The American president who boosted the American space industry.
  9. This NASA project involved the human exploration of the moon.
  10. The object that Amstrong fitted on the Moon.
  11. The first man in space.

21 Clues: The first man in space. • Natural Earth satellite. • Name of a Soviet spaceman. • Name of the winner's capital. • Name of an American spaceman. • The clothing worn by spacemen. • The winners of the Space race. • The first woman to fly in space. • The first man who walk on the Moon. • The first satelite launched in space. • A country which join today's space race. • ...

Space Race 2024-04-10

Space Race crossword puzzle
Across
  1. Saturn's biggest moon
  2. What you do on planets that are not Earth.
  3. The direction that venus spins (relative to other planets)
  4. Space phenomena whose gravitational pull is so intense that no matter can escape
  5. The center of our solar system
  6. Name of the group of space rocks in between Mars and Jupiter
  7. _____ Giants
  8. What you hear in space
  9. largest planet in the solar system
  10. The explosion of a star
  11. The hottest planet, with a surface temperature of 465 degrees celsius
  12. Who the US beat in the 1950s space race to the moon
Down
  1. What the US left on the moon
  2. Habitable zone in space; where water is able to remain in liquid state
  3. The solar systems biggest moon, belonging to Jupiter
  4. The gemstone that rains on Jupiter and Saturn
  5. Once the 9th planet, removed in 2006
  6. The name of the famous storm on Jupiter
  7. Second man to walk on the moon
  8. How many NASA spacecrafts have blown up in space missions
  9. Funny planet name

21 Clues: _____ Giants • Funny planet name • Saturn's biggest moon • What you hear in space • The explosion of a star • What the US left on the moon • The center of our solar system • Second man to walk on the moon • largest planet in the solar system • Once the 9th planet, removed in 2006 • The name of the famous storm on Jupiter • What you do on planets that are not Earth. • ...

Space #1 2024-03-16

Space #1 crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The fourth planet from the sun.
  2. Planet that orbits a star outside the solar system.
  3. Icy small Solar System body
  4. Small star.
  5. Saturn's largest moon/
  6. The smallest planet in our solar system.
  7. The sixth planet from the sun.
  8. Used to be called the ninth planet.
  9. The fifth planet from the sun.
  10. The sixth largest planet in our solar system.
Down
  1. Group of stars that appears to form a pattern or picture.
  2. Curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft.
  3. Similar to the asteroid belt, but is much larger.
  4. Earth's natural satellite.
  5. The third planet from the sun.
  6. Natural body visible in the sky at night.
  7. Collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems.
  8. The seventh planet from the sun.
  9. The eight planets and their moons in orbit round the sun.
  10. The eighth planet from the sun.

20 Clues: Small star. • Saturn's largest moon/ • Earth's natural satellite. • Icy small Solar System body • The third planet from the sun. • The sixth planet from the sun. • The fifth planet from the sun. • The fourth planet from the sun. • The eighth planet from the sun. • The seventh planet from the sun. • Used to be called the ninth planet. • The smallest planet in our solar system. • ...

Outer Space 2024-03-21

Outer Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. its also know in the periodic table
  2. a ball of gas
  3. also know as ares
  4. ice and dust object
  5. moon of saturn
  6. center of solar system
  7. a lawnmower
  8. galaxy that includes the solar system
  9. large group of stars
  10. small kuiper belt object
  11. the third planet
  12. a force which attracts objects of mass
  13. flytrap plant
  14. most common element in the universe
  15. a moon of uranus
  16. a moon of jupiter
  17. is zeus
  18. moons phases
Down
  1. its god used a trident as a weapon
  2. landed on the moon
  3. atmosphere of the sun or any other star
  4. caused by collapse of a massive star
  5. they think its cheese
  6. bwarf planet
  7. 5.88 trillion miles
  8. a moon of saturn discovered in 2000
  9. moon has eight...
  10. its a funny joke to everyone
  11. resembling a star

29 Clues: is zeus • a lawnmower • bwarf planet • moons phases • a ball of gas • flytrap plant • moon of saturn • the third planet • a moon of uranus • also know as ares • moon has eight... • resembling a star • a moon of jupiter • landed on the moon • ice and dust object • 5.88 trillion miles • large group of stars • they think its cheese • center of solar system • small kuiper belt object • ...

Earth & Space 2024-04-08

Earth & Space crossword puzzle
Across
  1. low temperatures and precipitation in the form of ice
  2. occurs when water is heated by the sun
  3. The Closest star to the Earth and therefore appears larger and brighter.
  4. Takes about 365 1 / 2 days. Earth's movement around the sun.
  5. formed when molten rock is cooled
  6. Takes about 24 hours, one complete spin on the Earth's Axis
  7. appears to change its shape every month due to the illuminated portions on what is seen on Earth
  8. when rocks are exposed to extreme heat and pressure
  9. orbit the sun, consist of frozen gas, dust, ice
  10. determined by the way a mineral looks when light strikes it
  11. Resources that are being used faster than they are being replaced
  12. consists of gas, dust, and many stars including objects that orbit the stars.
  13. has hot summers and cool winters
Down
  1. occurs when precipitation meets the land and runs downhill
  2. Composed of gas, have many moons, large planets
  3. made of fossils, small rocks, sand, and shells
  4. orbit the sun, made of rocky metal
  5. Natural resources that are replenished by the Earth
  6. when water droplets get large and heavy then fall back to Earth
  7. a minerals resistance to being scratched
  8. Receives very direct sunlight because of its closeness to the equator
  9. small, rocky planets that are closer to the Sun
  10. The process of weathered rocks moving from one place to another
  11. the way a mineral breaks
  12. the powder color of a mineral left begin when rubbed against a porcelain plate
  13. occurs when water vapor cools and turns liquid
  14. A spiral galaxy made up of over 100 billion other stars that range in size and range. The Earth and Sun belong to this galaxy.
  15. Composed of The Sun, the eight planets, satellites (moons) of the planets, asteroids, comets.
  16. The breaking down of rocks

29 Clues: the way a mineral breaks • The breaking down of rocks • has hot summers and cool winters • formed when molten rock is cooled • orbit the sun, made of rocky metal • occurs when water is heated by the sun • a minerals resistance to being scratched • made of fossils, small rocks, sand, and shells • occurs when water vapor cools and turns liquid • ...

Space crossword 2024-05-03

Space crossword crossword puzzle
Across
  1. a binary star of magnitude 0 that is the brightest star
  2. the force that keeps us on earth
  3. a cloud of dust or gas
  4. a colorless and odorless gas
  5. a space probe launched by NASA in 1977
  6. relatively small star with and low luminosity
  7. a region of the solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune
  8. a north star
  9. barred spiral galaxy
  10. the time a space station travels around Earth
  11. a large object that gets sent into space
  12. a celestial body moving in an orbit around a star
  13. an artificial body placed in orbit
  14. a property of matter
Down
  1. a small piece rock or dust that hits Earth's atmosphere from space
  2. an irregular band of light
  3. the natural satellite of Earth
  4. the distance light travels in a year
  5. a group of stars that make a pattern
  6. a space telescope that takes pictures of space in space
  7. a large spacecraft in orbit around earth
  8. gravitational field so strong nothing can escape
  9. a system of stars and many other things bound together by gravity
  10. when an object circles around a star
  11. the planet we live on
  12. the property of the body that's in inertia
  13. is a giant ball of gas and heat
  14. an optical instrument that looks into space

28 Clues: a north star • barred spiral galaxy • a property of matter • the planet we live on • a cloud of dust or gas • an irregular band of light • a colorless and odorless gas • the natural satellite of Earth • is a giant ball of gas and heat • the force that keeps us on earth • an artificial body placed in orbit • the distance light travels in a year • a group of stars that make a pattern • ...

SPACE RACE 2024-07-07

SPACE RACE crossword puzzle
Across
  1. NASA's moon mission program.
  2. The main module in Apollo missions.
  3. Path of a spacecraft around a planet.
  4. Soviet spacecraft still in use today.
  5. First man on the moon.
  6. U.S. president who set moon landing goal.
  7. First man in space.
  8. Rocket family used for Apollo missions.
  9. First dog in space.
  10. Soviet spacecraft for first human spaceflight.
Down
  1. Soviet moon exploration program.
  2. First U.S. manned space program.
  3. Vehicle used on the moon.
  4. First artificial satellite.
  5. Soviet astronaut.
  6. Second man on the moon.
  7. Term for walking on the moon.
  8. NASA program between Mercury and Apollo.
  9. Lunar module that landed on the moon.
  10. U.S. space agency.

20 Clues: Soviet astronaut. • U.S. space agency. • First man in space. • First dog in space. • First man on the moon. • Second man on the moon. • Vehicle used on the moon. • First artificial satellite. • NASA's moon mission program. • Term for walking on the moon. • Soviet moon exploration program. • First U.S. manned space program. • The main module in Apollo missions. • ...

Space vocabulary 2024-09-09

Space vocabulary crossword puzzle
Across
  1. – a single journey along an orbital path
  2. – a gas that has no colour, taste, or smell, and which people need to live
  3. – a substance with no fixed volume or shape that can expand freely
  4. – a natural or human-made object that orbits Earth or another object in space
  5. – a colourless, odourless, flammable gas commonly called “natural gas”
  6. – an irregularly shaped rock that orbits a star
  7. – a dwarf planet that was discovered in 1930 and that was once considered a planet
  8. – the largest planet in our solar system and the fifth from the Sun; a gas giant
  9. – the third planet from the Sun; the planet we live on
  10. giant – a large planet that is mainly made up of gases
  11. – like Earth; describes planets that are rocky and Earthlike in size
  12. – to revolve around another object
  13. – a large blue-green planet that is seventh from the Sun; a gas giant
  14. – the force that pulls all objects toward each other
  15. – the smallest planet in our solar system and the closest to the Sun; a terrestrial planet
  16. – the centre of an object
  17. – a space object made of ice and dust that orbits a star and develops a long, bright tail as it nears its star
  18. – a small reddish planet that is fourth from the Sun; a terrestrial planet
  19. planet – a nearly round object that orbits a star, is smaller than a planet, and is not a satellite of another object
Down
  1. – a small planet that is second from the Sun; a terrestrial planet
  2. – anything that takes up space and has weight
  3. belt – the area in space between Mars and Jupiter where most asteroids orbit together
  4. – a body in outer space, made of hot gases, that shines in the night sky
  5. – Earth’s only natural satellite
  6. – a large blue planet that is eighth from the Sun; a gas giant
  7. system – a group of objects in space that orbit a star
  8. – a hole in the ground caused by the impact of an object from space
  9. – a very large object that orbits a star
  10. – the centre of a comet, made of small particles of ice and frozen gas that can turn to vapor and form a tail as the comet nears a star
  11. – the second lightest chemical element; often a gas
  12. – the lightest chemical element; often a gas
  13. – a single turn of something around an axis or a fixed point; spinning
  14. – a planet with large rings around it that is sixth from the Sun; a gas giant
  15. Belt – an area of our solar system beyond the orbit of Neptune where a group of minor planets and other objects orbit the Sun
  16. – a solid object that travels around a planet; a natural satellite
  17. – a layer of gases surrounding a planet, star, or moon
  18. – the bright, vaporized part of a comet that points away from the Sun
  19. – the measure of the amount of matter in an object

38 Clues: – the centre of an object • – Earth’s only natural satellite • – to revolve around another object • – a single journey along an orbital path • – a very large object that orbits a star • – the lightest chemical element; often a gas • – anything that takes up space and has weight • – an irregularly shaped rock that orbits a star • ...

Space Review 2024-07-16

Space Review crossword puzzle
Across
  1. The place outside of Earth.
  2. When the Sun goes down.
  3. The planet we live on.
  4. The large object going around the Earth.
  5. The Maya people made this by watching how the Sun, moon, and planets moved.
  6. The star that is closest to Earth.
  7. A large object in space that shines light.
  8. A clock that uses the Sun and shadows to tell time.
  9. A big building we can use to see stars.
  10. The blue air above us.
  11. How hold or cold it is.
  12. The first month of the year.
  13. The line where the sky and Earth meet.
  14. The black thing at the center of a galaxy.
Down
  1. Someone who studies space.
  2. There are four: spring, summer, autumn, and winter.
  3. A small thing we can use to see stars.
  4. Many stars that make a picture together.
  5. The biggest planet in the solar system.
  6. The last month of the year.
  7. Hours, minutes, and seconds.
  8. Billions of stars and planets together.
  9. When the Sun goes up.
  10. A large object that moves around the Sun.
  11. How many years are in 365 days?

25 Clues: When the Sun goes up. • The planet we live on. • The blue air above us. • When the Sun goes down. • How hold or cold it is. • Someone who studies space. • The place outside of Earth. • The last month of the year. • Hours, minutes, and seconds. • The first month of the year. • How many years are in 365 days? • The star that is closest to Earth. • A small thing we can use to see stars. • ...