Across
- 2. the planet on which we live; the world
- 4. the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star
- 5. a dark area or shape produced by a body coming between rays of light and a surface
- 7. the region of the atmosphere and outer space seen from the earth
- 8. a continuous area or expanse which is free
- 9. the time from sunset to sunrise.
Down
- 1. the natural agent that stimulates sight and makes things visible
- 2. an obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination
- 3. the natural satellite of the earth
- 6. from one midnight to the next
- 7. the star around which the earth orbits
- 8. a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun
