ASTRONMY

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Across
  1. 7. – A tool to see far-away objects in space.
  2. 8. – A scientist who studies space
  3. 10. – A small rocky object that orbits the Sun.
  4. 11. – An icy object that forms a glowing tail when near the Sun.
  5. 14. – A natural object that orbits a planet.
  6. 16. – When something spins.
  7. 17. – The star at the center of our solar system.
  8. 18. – A meteor that makes it to the ground.
  9. 19. – A huge group of stars, gas, and dust (we live in the Milky Way).
  10. 20. – The path something takes as it goes around something else.
Down
  1. 1. – A huge explosion when a massive star dies.
  2. 2. Hole – A place in space where gravity is so strong that not even light can escape.
  3. 3. – When something travels around another object.
  4. 4. – A giant cloud of gas and dust where stars are born.
  5. 5. – A round object that orbits (goes around) a star.
  6. 6. – A rock from space that burns up when it enters Earth’s atmosphere (“shooting star”).
  7. 9. – The force that pulls things together.
  8. 12. – A big ball of hot gas that shines (like our Sun).
  9. 13. – Everything that exists: space, time, planets, stars… all of it!
  10. 15. – A place where telescopes are kept for studying space.