Across
- 2. Red Spot - swirl of gases that’s colorful and found on Jupiter
- 3. - a dwarf planet between Mars and Jupiter
- 7. - between stars
- 11. giant - large planet made mainly of helium and hydrogen
- 13. - the star in the middle of our solar system
- 15. spectrum - all the different types of energy and light in the universe
- 18. Belt - ring of icy objects, like Pluto, beyond Neptune’s orbit
- 20. - group of stars in the sky that form specific patterns from where you see them
- 21. - a medieval tool or instrument used to measure a star’s altitude
- 23. - large space
- 24. system - a set of space objects that includes a star and everything that orbits that star
- 27. - small chunk of rock floating in space
- 29. - name for a meteoroid that has landed on a planet’s surface
- 31. hole - a place found in space that matter and light can’t get out of if they fall in
- 35. Way - the galaxy we live in
- 36. - small or large rocks that float around in space
- 37. borealis (Northern Lights) - bands of light appearing in the sky near the North Pole
- 39. - the force that pulls what everything is made of together
- 40. - shining gas held in a ball by its own gravity
- 41. - the fourth planet from our sun sometimes called the Red Planet
- 43. - large group of stars held together by gravity
- 45. - streak of light formed when a meteoroid enters a planet’s atmosphere
- 48. - gases around the Earth and other planets that are held there by gravity
- 49. - planet that is similar in size to Earth
- 50. - dust or gas cloud you find between stars
- 51. - the planet in our solar system that’s furthest from the sun
- 52. - an object that’s natural and moves around a bigger object that’s natural
- 54. - the universe as a whole
- 55. star - a meteor
- 56. - a dwarf planet that used to be considered the planet furthest from our sun
- 57. year - the distance light travels in one year
- 58. - when any celestial object blocks the light of another celestial object
Down
- 1. - things that exist on planets other than Earth
- 4. - freely floating planet that goes between stars or orbits a star outside our solar system
- 5. dwarf - what’s left after a star collapses
- 6. - a name for the North Star
- 8. star - star made out of uncharged nucleons, or the parts that make up a nucleus
- 9. australis (Southern Lights) - bands of light appearing in the sky near the South Pole
- 10. planet - object that is smaller than a planet, but is round and orbits the sun
- 12. - bright explosion of a star
- 13. flare - particles and energy that burst from the sun at once
- 14. - a rock that’s icy and lets off dust and gas as it flies through space
- 16. - the planet we live on
- 17. - the biggest planet in our solar system
- 19. - large object that circles around the sun or any other star
- 20. bodies - objects that are natural and visible in the sky
- 22. - description of objects with a million or more times mass than our sun
- 25. - The curved path something travels along as it goes around another object
- 26. - the planet in our solar system that’s closest to the sun
- 28. - a tool used long ago to measure the altitude of celestial objects
- 30. - an object that lets off radio waves or other electromagnetic radiation
- 32. - something that relates to the stars
- 33. - everything ever, including all of space and time
- 34. - area in the middle of a big galaxy that surrounds a giant black hole
- 38. cloud - shell around our solar system in the shape of a sphere
- 42. - planet surrounded by a system of rings
- 44. - planet that rolls rather than spins
- 46. - a tool that makes faraway objects look closer
- 47. - travel between galaxies
- 53. - a building made for looking at a large area surrounding you