Across the Universe

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Across
  1. 4. The biggest black hole in a galaxy ever classified
  2. 7. Found in the bulge of every galaxy whose mass is proportional to the galaxy's mass
  3. 10. The Earth's ___ is slowing slightly as time continues
  4. 12. Accr. for the most active telescope
  5. 13. The first mammal in space
  6. 14. The first African American person in space
  7. 17. The closest galaxy to the Milky Way
  8. 18. Remnants of collisions in space or built up star dust
  9. 22. Cannot be classified by its shape
  10. 23. Consists of Mercury, Venus, Earth and Mars
  11. 25. A system made up of celestial objects
  12. 28. The first commercial drink that was drunk in space
  13. 29. The remains of a nebula that is used to form a sun
  14. 32. Disk shaped until it experiences differential rotation
  15. 33. The planet aids in the rotation of Jupiter's moons
  16. 34. The first man on the moon
  17. 36. Created when an asteroid impacted Earth and Buzz Aldrin's mother's maiden name
  18. 38. A planet that is smaller than the United States
  19. 39. The first artificial satellite launched ever; was launched by the Russians
  20. 40. The birth of the universe; also a tv show
  21. 43. The remains of an exploded star that can be recycled into either building a new star or building a black hole
  22. 47. The first Mexican ever in space
  23. 49. Consists of Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune (and in some cases, Pluto)
  24. 50. The only planet that can float in water
  25. 51. The first galaxy that was identified as a spiral galaxy
  26. 52. Accr. for the longest manned object still in space
  27. 53. A gas giant with over 79 known moons
  28. 54. Sunsets on this planet are blue
  29. 55. The byproducts of formations in the solar system
  30. 56. The galaxy that contains Orion's Arm
  31. 58. The only British satellite to be launched with a British rocket
  32. 59. United State's aeronautics program
  33. 60. Created as a result of the Sun and the Moon's gravitational pull
Down
  1. 1. The final phase of a Sun's life when it begins to shed its outer layers
  2. 2. The first galaxy that was identified as an irregular galaxy
  3. 3. Appears to be one giant star
  4. 5. Used for services such as GPS, radio, communication, weather, etc.
  5. 6. Planets that are located outside of the solar system
  6. 8. A place that is composed of various galaxies, stars, celestial objects, planets, and black holes
  7. 9. 88 of these are recognizable
  8. 11. Discovered in 1771, it was the first galaxy that was identified as an elliptical galaxy and the first galaxy located outside of the Milky Way's local group
  9. 15. Region of the solar system that expands beyond Neptune's orbit
  10. 16. The arm that our solar system is located on
  11. 19. A large celestial object that is neither rubble nor a star
  12. 20. The planet that snows metal and rains acid
  13. 21. The remnants of giant stars' cores that are compacted and are created due to gravitational collapse
  14. 24. The name of the brightest star that we see
  15. 26. 0.4 astronomical units away from the sun
  16. 27. Smaller than regular sized galaxies
  17. 30. The first woman in space
  18. 31. One of Neptune's moons that orbits its planet backwards
  19. 35. The powerful explosion of a star when it reaches its final evolutionary stage or the nuclear fusion of a white star
  20. 37. Named after the Roman God of the ocean
  21. 41. Collection of celestial objects which are pulled together by gravity
  22. 42. A force that attracts any object that contains mass
  23. 44. This person spent the longest time in space
  24. 45. Possibly a planet
  25. 46. The first African American woman in space
  26. 48. A person who is deployed for a space flight program
  27. 57. 5 of these are found in our solar system