Across
- 3. - Everything that exists in space.
- 4. The area of air and gas that envelopes Earth and other astronomical objects.
- 6. A huge collection of gas, dust and billions of stars and their solar systems held together by gravity.
- 9. An astronomical object made of bright, glowing matter called plasma. They’re held together by gravity and are incredibly hot.
- 10. A scientist who studies the universe.
- 13. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
Down
- 1. An instrument that allows us to see into space.
- 2. A small body of matter from outer space that enters Earth’s atmosphere and appears like a streak of light.
- 4. Small, rocky objects that orbits the Sun.
- 5. When one celestial body blocks light from reaching another by moving between it and its light source.
- 7. A cavity in the ground of a celestial object, typically caused by explosions or meteor impact.
- 8. The force that pulls objects towards each other.
- 11. An object intentionally placed into space to orbit a celestial body to collect information.
- 12. Objects made of frozen gases, rock and dust that orbit the Sun.