Across
- 2. Adjective meaning "of the stars"
- 6. Milky Way
- 9. Type of light with longer wavelengths than those of visible light
- 10. Closest stellar nursery to Earth
- 11. Scientific observer of the stars
- 12. Most abundant element in the universe
- 14. Stellar wind
- 15. Ratio of the speed of an object to the speed of sound (SOFIA travels at 0.85)
Down
- 1. Region of the upper atmosphere where the SOFIA flies
- 3. Airplane pilot
- 4. The SOFIA is a 747SP model made by this aerospace company
- 5. Dying star
- 7. Force by which a planet or other body draws objects toward its center
- 8. Optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger
- 13. Cloud of interstellar gas
