Space
Across
- 3. The roadway of a planet. The path every object has to follow.
- 6. A group of stars. Some of the biggest objects in the Universe.
- 8. One of the most impressive machines sent to space more than a decade ago. Took a while to fix the first time. We still marvel at its pictures.
- 9. Object or body that orbits around a planet.
- 10. It's the upside-down planet. It doesn't spin the way it should. It's blue-green, we still don't really know why (or why it's tilted, for that matter).
- 12. Massive planet, it should have been the Sun's sister star. Good for us it's actually a failed star.
- 14. Jewelled crown of the Solar System. If you count its rings, it's the biggest planet in the Solar System.
- 15. The closest natural, space object to Earth. It seems like Armstrongs have a thing for pioneering.
Down
- 1. The red planet. For a long time, we thought aliens were up there! We've sent so many robots up there, we've got entire maps of the planet.
- 2. Latest object we landed on. The most interesting Saturnian moon. It even has lakes!
- 4. Used to be a planet, but lost its status in 2006. It wasn't big enough (among many other reasons!).
- 5. Its blue colour is reminiscent of the sea. It's named after the god of the sea because of its blue hue. Weather forecast: VERY stormy.
- 7. Big rock that travels through space. The dinosaurs didn't see it coming.
- 11. Very hot, no atmosphere, a bit plain. Burnt its wings (it flew too close to the Sun).
- 13. Deadly Earth twin. Very similar in many ways, but the weather is a bit extreme. The Russians almost "conquered" it, but a camera cap doomed the mission.
- 14. Closest star to Earth. If it were to suddenly disappear, we'd know about it 8 minutes later. Flares up very often.