Across
- 2. to break suddenly from inside with noise and force
- 4. relating to the moon
- 5. to send a spacecraft or bomb into the sky, or a ship into the water
- 10. an object in space that leaves a bright line behind it in the sky
- 12. to watch someone or something carefully
- 14. relating to, or involving the sun
- 15. very important; rare and worth a lot of money
- 16. to say that something will happen in the future
- 17. to find out something that you did not know before
- 19. everything that exists, including stars, space, etc.
- 20. development and improvement of skills, knowledge, etc.
- 23. an instrument that makes distant objects seem larger and closer
- 25. to keep people or things apart from each other
- 27. to form by putting together; to produce music, poetry, etc.
- 28. the force that makes objects fall to the ground
- 29. to hit something with great force
Down
- 1. happening or starting from a short time ago
- 3. to move around a large object in space such as a planet
- 6. someone who travels and works in space
- 7. to try to discover all the facts about something
- 8. not well known; not easy to understand
- 9. an important job, usually travelling somewhere
- 11. clear to almost anyone; easy to understand or see
- 13. an artificial body placed in orbit around the Earth to collect information
- 18. used to refer to a particular thing and not something general
- 21. the area outside the Earth; an empty or available area
- 22. a large, round object in space that moves around the sun or another star
- 24. to increase in size or amount, or to make something increase
- 26. to travel to a new place to learn about it
- 28. an extremely large group of stars and planets