Cosmic Clues
Across
- 3. A space rock that burns up upon entering Earth's atmosphere (6)
- 5. A system of millions or billions of stars held together by gravity (6)
- 7. A rapidly rotating neutron star that emits radiation (6)
- 10. Bowl-shaped depression formed by an impact on a planet or moon (6)
- 12. The universe seen as a complex and orderly system (6)
- 13. A giant cloud of dust and gas in space (6)
- 15. An event where one celestial body blocks light from another (7)
- 16. Large natural or artificial object orbiting a planet (9)
- 17. The curved path of a celestial object around a star or planet (5)
- 18. Saturn's largest moon (5)
- 19. Celestial body of ice and dust that leaves a tail near the Sun (5)
Down
- 1. Vehicle or engine used to launch payloads into space (6)
- 2. A device sent to explore the surface of a planet or moon (5)
- 4. Famous space telescope launched in 1990 (6)
- 5. The force that attracts a body toward the center of the Earth or another physical body (7)
- 6. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft (9)
- 8. The first person to walk on the Moon (9)
- 9. A rocky body that orbits the Sun, mostly found between Mars and Jupiter (9)
- 11. Powerful optical instrument used to view distant space objects (9)
- 14. Famous space mission series that landed humans on the Moon (6)