Across
- 2. Scientist who studies celestial objects and space
- 7. Object whose gravity is so strong not even light escapes
- 9. Boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing escapes
- 11. Famous space telescope that orbits Earth
- 13. Telescope in the Blaauw Observatory
- 14. Explosive death of a massive star
Down
- 1. Invisible matter detected through gravitational effects
- 3. Closest planet to the Sun
- 4. A planet orbiting a star other than the Sun
- 5. Instrument used to observe distant objects in space
- 6. Cloud of gas and dust where stars can form
- 8. Distance light travels in one year
- 10. Light split into its component colors used to study stars
- 12. Current leading theory for the universe’s beginning
- 13. A massive system containing billions of stars, gas and dust