Space

3. a powerful explosion that occurs when a massive star collapses or dies
5. a piece of a meteor that survives the atmosphere and lands on Earth
6. a recognized pattern of stars in the night sky
10. a streak of light created when a space rock burns in Earth’s atmosphere
13. a point in space where density becomes infinite and known physics breaks down
14. a planet that orbits a star outside our solar system

1. a small rocky object orbiting the Sun
2. an icy body that forms a glowing tail when it approaches the Sun
4. a very young star still forming inside a cloud of gas and dust
7. the stretching of light toward the red end of the spectrum as objects move away
8. a large cloud of gas and dust in space where stars are often born
9. a massive system of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter held together by gravity
11. a very bright, distant object powered by an energetic galactic core
12. a rapidly spinning neutron star that emits regular beams of radiation
15. the curved path one object takes around another due to gravity