Across
- 4. hottest planet in the solar system
- 6. the largest planet in our solar system
- 9. scientists say the big ____ created the universe
- 11. this is a hole left by impact from space objects
- 12. this planet was the first discovered by telescope
- 14. the second largest dwarf planet
- 15. an explosion happens when a star runs out of...
- 18. comets have this feature that follows them
- 19. solar ______, particles emitted from the Sun
- 22. the galaxy we are in is the Milky ___
- 23. our galaxy is this type
- 25. OMS's original mascot
- 26. a "shooting star" of gas and ice
- 29. new stars are born here
- 31. dwarf planet located in the asteroid belt
- 32. it means the moon is losing light
- 33. _____ belt, the area beyond Neptune
- 34. Jupiter is an example of a ___ giant
- 35. the sun's name
- 36. the center of the Earth
- 38. this is the largest natural satellite of Earth
- 39. the "cloud" on the edge of our solar system
- 40. ____ giants, planets such as Uranus & Neptune
Down
- 1. planet furthest from the sun
- 2. the larger of Mars' moons
- 3. planet closest to the sun
- 5. the only habitable planet in our solar system
- 7. this is the largest manmade satellite of Earth
- 8. Pluto is an example of a _____ planet
- 10. being suitable or good enough to live in
- 13. when the moon isn't lit, it's a ___ moon
- 16. one of Jupiter's moons that may be habitable
- 17. it means the moon is gaining light
- 20. the smaller of Mars' moons
- 21. a _____ hole has very powerful gravity
- 23. this planet has the most visible rings
- 24. it stopped being a planet in 2006
- 27. what the "O" in OMS stands for
- 28. Earth's magnetic _____ protects it
- 30. the third most abundant gas in Earth's atmosphere
- 35. the sun is one of these
- 37. the path one object follows around another
- 38. it is known as the "red planet"