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Across
  1. 2. the largest and most powerful space telescope ever built
  2. 4. hunter constellation
  3. 8. a regular, repeating curved path that one object in space takes around another
  4. 10. constellation in the northern sky that looks like a ladle or a tiny spoon
  5. 11. constellation in the northern sky that looks like a large ladle or spoon
  6. 15. a large constellation in the northern night sky known as the "Great Bear"
  7. 17. groups of stars that form pictures in the night sky (like lions or hunters) and are only visible during specific times of the year.
  8. 18. made up background stories for constellations
  9. 19. A nebula in the form of an eye
Down
  1. 1. Bear" in Latin, is a small constellation in the northern sky famous for containing the Little Dipper asterism and the North Star
  2. 3. a "circle of animals" (or "circle of life") in the sky, composed of 12 main constellations that the sun appears to pass through throughout the year
  3. 5. a giant robotic camera and telescope that orbits in space
  4. 6. nebular in the shape of an animal head
  5. 7. summer constellation, the archer
  6. 9. everything that exists—all space, time, matter, and energy
  7. 11. a place in space with gravity so strong that not even light can escape, making it invisible
  8. 12. a large, rocky natural satellite that orbits the Earth, acting as our closest neighbor in space
  9. 13. a massive, beautiful cloud of dust and gas (mostly hydrogen and helium) floating in space
  10. 14. massive, glowing spheres of hot gas—mostly hydrogen and helium—held together by their own gravity
  11. 16. our neighborhood in space, featuring the Sun at the center with eight planets, moons, asteroids, and comets orbiting it