The Galaxy
Across
- 3. a probe that was launched by NASA
- 6. a research facility in low Earth orbit
- 7. the amount of matter in one space
- 8. a element that stars use to create a nuclear fusion
- 11. A giant ball of dirt and water that we inhabit
- 13. Its what a star starts as
- 14. another name for north star
- 16. rest or in unchanging motion unless acted on by some outside force.
- 17. a place with such high gravity that nothing not even light can escape
- 18. a force that attracts us to earth
- 21. the distance light travels in one year
Down
- 1. the time it takes for the ISS to complete a orbit
- 2. a group of stars that to the Greeks and other civilizations believed there was pictures in them
- 4. a place of icy thinds beyond the orbit of Neptune
- 5. a constellation that is named after a princess in Greek mythology
- 8. a space telescope
- 9. A object we send into space to exchange waves or information
- 10. The Galaxy that our planet is in
- 12. closest star to the earth (except for the sun)
- 15. goes around the sun in a oval shape
- 18. a system of millions of stars and planets
- 19. A mass orbiting around a star
- 20. A big ball of gas floating in space