Amazing Space & Astronomy
Across
- 2. Curved path followed by a celestial body
- 4. Event where one celestial body blocks another
- 6. Person trained for space travel
- 8. Luminous celestial body powered by nuclear fusion
- 9. Force that attracts objects toward one another
- 10. Farthest major planet from the Sun
- 13. Planet often called the Red Planet
- 16. Scientific study of space and celestial objects
- 18. Planet famous for its prominent rings
- 19. Cloud of gas and dust in space
- 20. Planet known to support life
- 22. Recognizable pattern of stars in the night sky
- 23. Galaxy containing our solar system
- 24. Hottest planet in the solar system
- 25. Closest planet to the Sun
- 27. Icy object that develops a glowing tail near the Sun
- 28. The Sun and all objects orbiting it
Down
- 1. Ice giant that rotates on its side
- 3. Streak of light caused by a space rock entering the atmosphere
- 5. Largest planet in the solar system
- 7. Powerful explosion of a dying star
- 8. Star at the center of our solar system
- 11. Instrument used to observe distant objects in space
- 12. Rocky object orbiting the Sun
- 13. Natural satellite orbiting Earth
- 14. Object placed in orbit around a planet
- 15. The universe viewed as an ordered system
- 17. Massive system of stars, gas, and dust
- 21. Region of space with extremely strong gravity
- 26. Vehicle used to travel into space