Space Discovery Crossword

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Across
  1. 1. an objects resistance to movement.
  2. 4. region in the outer solar system,past Neptune.
  3. 6. large ball of gas held together by it's own gravity.
  4. 8. how much "stuff" is in something.
  5. 10. star exhausts its core hydrogen fuel creating a ...
  6. 11. the planet you are on right now.
  7. 14. also known as the north star.
  8. 15. man made object that orbits the sun, moon, planets, etc collecting information.
  9. 17. first element on the periodic table
  10. 18. gas, dust, billions of stars,and their solar systems.
  11. 19. a group of stars that form a pattern.
  12. 20. way spiral galaxy that contains our solar system.
  13. 23. in Greek mythology she is the daughter of Cepheus and Cassiopeia.
  14. 25. Hercules was sent to kill this animal, which was terrorizing all of Nemea
  15. 26. 8 of them orbit our sun.
  16. 27. the earth does this around the sun
Down
  1. 2. 3 stars generally bonded together.
  2. 3. modern space station, known as ISS.
  3. 5. the big dipper is part of this constellation
  4. 7. unit of astronomical distance equivalent to the speed of light.
  5. 9. is the brightest star in the sky, also known as the "dog star".
  6. 12. first ever human-made object to enter interstellar space.
  7. 13. an hour and a half in minutes.
  8. 16. nothing not even light can escape
  9. 17. space telescope named after an astronomer named Edwin Powell Hubble.
  10. 21. a cloud of dust in gas in outer space visible in the night sky.
  11. 22. 4th sign of the zodiac constellations
  12. 24. a force that pulls you down to the ground.