Crossword Puzzle by Max Stephens

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Across
  1. 3. Government-funded space agency in the US
  2. 5. The galaxy we live in
  3. 6. First planet in our Solar System
  4. 7. Supposedly holds the universe together
  5. 9. Centauri Our closest star (Besides the sun)
  6. 11. When a star implodes
  7. 12. Final planet in the solar system
  8. 13. What's in between the rocky planets and the gas giants
Down
  1. 1. Name for a small star
  2. 2. The iconic clouds that resemble pillars
  3. 4. frozen rock and ice that orbits planets and stars
  4. 8. The word that scientists use for portal
  5. 10. CHALLENGE: Mysterious gigantic mass that attracts anything remotely near it