Stars

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Across
  1. 4. anything that takes up space and has weight
  2. 5. a group of stars that make an imaginary shape in the sky
  3. 8. pair of stars spaced closely together
  4. 11. formed when a giant massive star dies
  5. 15. 1, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000
  6. 16. Moon, a rare event that usually happens when we see two full moons in a single calendar month
  7. 18. a pair of stars that orbit each other
  8. 21. a giant, glowing ball of superhot gas in space that makes its own light and heat
  9. 23. the star in our solar system
  10. 24. the instance of one object in space blocking another from view
Down
  1. 1. the closest star to Earth other than the sun
  2. 2. an invisible pulling force that brings objects toward each other
  3. 3. a large explosion that takes place at the end of a star's life
  4. 6. determines the color of a star
  5. 7. a collection of billions of stars, dust, gas that is held together by gravity
  6. 9. the highest or farthest point something reaches. In space science, it describes the exact moment in an orbit (like the Moon or a satellite going around Earth) when it is physically farthest away from our planet
  7. 10. the building block for stars, water, and life
  8. 12. a river of stars seen in the night sky
  9. 13. name of the north star
  10. 14. a strong, rapid increase in the brightness of a star
  11. 17. the distance light travels in one year
  12. 19. a giant, glowing cloud of dust and gas floating in deep space
  13. 20. the planets orbit the sun in a stretched-out, oval circle
  14. 22. stars die when they run out of it