ASTRONOMY

4. Pertaining to the Sun and its influence on the solar system.
5. A planet that orbits a star outside our solar system.
7. A small icy body that, when passing close to the Sun, develops a visible atmosphere and often a tail.
8. A scientist who studies celestial objects and phenomena.
11. The distance that light travels in one year, used to measure astronomical distances.
12. A cloud of gas and dust in space where new stars are born.
13. A small rocky body orbiting the Sun, primarily found in the asteroid belt.

1. A small rock or particle from space that burns up upon entering Earth's atmosphere.
2. A region in space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape.
3. A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern in the night sky.
6. An event where one celestial body moves into the shadow of another body.
9. The path one celestial body takes around another due to gravity.
10. A system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, and dark matter bound together.