Cosmic Crossword

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Across
  1. 4. the sixth planet from the Sun and the second-largest in our solar system, famous for its prominent ring system
  2. 6. A phenomenon where the earth, sun, and moon are in perfect alignment making the earth cover the sun's light, this makes the moon "invisible"
  3. 7. An icy body floating in outer space, orbiting the sun. Space rock.
  4. 8. A star located in the center of our solar system.
  5. 9. an astronomical object with a gravitational field so intense that nothing—not even light—can escape it.
  6. 10. a dwarf planet located in the Kuiper Belt, a distant region of icy bodies beyond Neptune
Down
  1. 1. the colossal, cataclysmic explosion of a star.
  2. 2. Space the near-vacuum expanse that exists beyond Earth's atmosphere and between celestial bodies
  3. 3. A massive gravitationally bound system consisting of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter.
  4. 5. Year The distance light travels in a vacuum in one Julian year (365.25 days)
  5. 8. An occurrence when the moon covers up the sun.