Across
- 4. Hole: A region in space with such strong gravity that nothing, not even light, can escape
- 6. A small, rocky body that orbits the Sun.
- 7. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
- 9. The layer of gases that surrounds a planet, including Earth.
- 11. A giant ball of hot gas that emits light and heat.
- 12. A vast collection of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
Down
- 1. A cloud of gas and dust in space.
- 2. A celestial body that orbits a star.
- 3. A celestial body made of ice, rock, and dust that orbits the Sun
- 5. The distance light travels in one year, used to measure interstellar distances.
- 8. A scientist who studies the universe
- 10. A pattern of stars in the sky.
