Astronomy Term

1. The star at the center of our solar system. It gives us light and heat.
5. A natural satellite that moves around a planet. Our moon is the one you see at night.
7. Something that is put into space to move around Earth. Some are natural like moons, and some are made by people to send signals for TV or phones.
9. hole A place in space where gravity is so strong, nothing can escape, not even light.
12. The big, wide open area where all the stars, planets, and other objects are. It's where astronauts go.
13. A giant ball of hot gas in space that shines very bright.
14. The path an object like a planet or a moon takes as it moves around something else.
15. A small piece of rock or metal that burns up in Earth's atmosphere. It looks like a shooting star.

2. A big cloud of gas and dust in space. New stars can be born here.
3. A chunk of ice and rock that travels around the sun. It has a glowing tail when it gets close to the sun.
4. Everything that exists, including all the stars, planets, galaxies, and space.
6. A huge group of stars, dust, and gas held together by gravity. We live in the Milky Way galaxy.
8. A big round object that moves around a star. Earth is a planet!
10. A tool that makes far away things look closer, like stars or planets.
11. A small rocky object that moves around the sun. They are smaller than planets.