Amazing Space & Astronomy

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