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