SEDS KMC ASTRO CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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Across
  1. 3. THE LARGEST CONSTELLATION IN THE NIGHT SKY,OFTEN DEPICTED AS A WATER SNAKE
  2. 5. A SPACE MISSION THAT LANDED THE FIRST HUMANS ON THE MOON IN 1969
  3. 8. THE GIANT CLOUD OF GAS AND DUST FROM WHICH STARS AND PLANETS FORM
  4. 12. A DEVICE THAT GATHERS AND MAGNIFIES LIGHT FOR OBSERVING DISTANT OBJECTS
  5. 13. THE PLANET KNOWN AS THE "RINGED GIANT"
  6. 14. A REGION IN A SPACE WITH A GRAVITATIONAL FIELD SO INTENSE THAT NOTHING CAN ESCAPE IT
  7. 15. THE PROCESS BY WHICH A STAR EXHAUSTS ITS NUCLEAR FUEL AND COLLAPSES
  8. 16. THE POINT IN THE SKY OPPOSITE TO THE NADIR,DIRECTLY ABOVE AN OBSERVER
Down
  1. 1. THE SECOND LARGE MOON OF JUPITER,KNOWN FOR ITS DARK LINEAR MARKING.
  2. 2. GAS THAT MAKES UP THE MAJORITY OF THE SUN'S COMPOSITION
  3. 4. A SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED BY NASA IN 1977 TO STUDY THE OUTER PLANETS,NOW IN INTERSTELLAR SPACE
  4. 6. THE ASTRONOMICAL EVENT RESULTING FROM THE MERGE OF TWO NEUTRON STARS OR NEUTRON STAR AND A BLACK HOLE COLLIDE
  5. 7. THE PROCESS OF STAR SHINING BRIGHTLY AS IT FUSES HYDROGEN INTO HELIUM
  6. 9. THE STUDY OF CELESTIAL OBJECTS AND PHENOMENA
  7. 10. A SMALL,ICY BODY THAT ORBITS THE SUN AND DEVELOPS A TAIL WHEN NEAR THE SUN
  8. 11. THE THEORY THAT THE UNIVERSE ORIGINATED FROM A SINGLE,EXTREMELY HOT AND DENSE POINT