astronomy

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Across
  1. 2. Red Spot - swirl of gases that’s colorful and found on Jupiter
  2. 3. - a dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter
  3. 7. - between stars
  4. 11. giant - large planet made mainly of helium and hydrogen
  5. 13. - the star in the middle of our solar system
  6. 15. spectrum - all the different types of energy and light in the universe
  7. 18. Belt - ring of icy objects, like Pluto, beyond Neptune’s orbit
  8. 20. - group of stars in the sky that form specific patterns from where you see them
  9. 21. - a medieval tool or instrument used to measure a star’s altitude
  10. 23. - large space
  11. 24. system - a set of space objects that includes a star and everything that orbits that star
  12. 27. - small chunk of rock floating in space
  13. 29. - name for a meteoroid that has landed on a planet’s surface
  14. 31. hole - a place found in space that matter and light can’t get out of if they fall in
  15. 35. Way - the galaxy we live in
  16. 36. - small or large rocks that float around in space
  17. 37. borealis (Northern Lights) - bands of light appearing in the sky near the North Pole
  18. 39. - the force that pulls what everything is made of together
  19. 40. - shining gas held in a ball by its own gravity
  20. 41. - the fourth planet from our sun sometimes called the Red Planet
  21. 43. - large group of stars held together by gravity
  22. 45. - streak of light formed when a meteoroid enters a planet’s atmosphere
  23. 48. - gases around the Earth and other planets that are held there by gravity
  24. 49. - planet that is similar in size to Earth
  25. 50. - dust or gas cloud you find between stars
  26. 51. - the planet in our solar system that’s furthest from the sun
  27. 52. - an object that’s natural and moves around a bigger object that’s natural
  28. 54. - the universe as a whole
  29. 55. star - a meteor
  30. 56. - a dwarf planet that used to be considered the planet furthest from our sun
  31. 57. year - the distance light travels in one year
  32. 58. - when any celestial object blocks the light of another celestial object
Down
  1. 1. - things that exist on planets other than Earth
  2. 4. - freely floating planet that goes between stars or orbits a star outside our solar system
  3. 5. dwarf - what’s left after a star collapses
  4. 6. - a name for the North Star
  5. 8. star - star made out of uncharged nucleons, or the parts that make up a nucleus
  6. 9. australis (Southern Lights) - bands of light appearing in the sky near the South Pole
  7. 10. planet - object that is smaller than a planet, but is round and orbits the sun
  8. 12. - bright explosion of a star
  9. 13. flare - particles and energy that burst from the sun at once
  10. 14. - a rock that’s icy and lets off dust and gas as it flies through space
  11. 16. - the planet we live on
  12. 17. - the biggest planet in our solar system
  13. 19. - large object that circles around the sun or any other star
  14. 20. bodies - objects that are natural and visible in the sky
  15. 22. - description of objects with a million or more times mass than our sun
  16. 25. - The curved path something travels along as it goes around another object
  17. 26. - the planet in our solar system that’s closest to the sun
  18. 28. - a tool used long ago to measure the altitude of celestial objects
  19. 30. - an object that lets off radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation
  20. 32. - something that relates to the stars
  21. 33. - everything ever, including all of space and time
  22. 34. - area in the middle of a big galaxy that surrounds a giant black hole
  23. 38. cloud - shell around our solar system in the shape of a sphere
  24. 42. - planet surrounded by a system of rings
  25. 44. - planet that rolls rather than spins
  26. 46. - a tool that makes faraway objects look closer
  27. 47. - travel between galaxies
  28. 53. - a building made for looking at a large area surrounding you