Cosmic Crossword

2. Large celestial bodies that orbit a star (our solar system has eight of them)
4. A vacuum where there’s no air, sound, or atmosphere
6. Saturn’s largest moon, known for its thick atmosphere and methane rain cycles.
7. A massive system made up of stars, planets, gas, and dust
10. A giant ball of burning gases around which planets orbit.
11. A spacecraft designed to carry astronauts and equipment into space.
13. Natural objects that orbit planets (Earth has just one)
14. Fragments of asteroids that enter Earth’s atmosphere and burn up, often seen as shooting stars.
16. he powerful, explosive death of a massive star.
17. A device used to view distant objects in the night sky from Earth.
20. The totality of everything that exists - all galaxies, stars, planets, and space itself

1. Small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun (sometimes found in a belt)
3. A habitable laboratory orbiting Earth where astronauts from multiple countries live and work.
5. Once considered the ninth planet, now classified as a dwarf planet, and named after the Roman god of the underworld.
8. A region in space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape
9. Massive, glowing balls of hot gas (billions fill the night sky)
12. The galaxy that contains our solar system
15. An object placed in orbit to relay signals or capture images from space
18. The path one object takes around another in space, like Earth around the Sun.
19. The third planet from the Sun and our home.