Exoplanets

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Across
  1. 3. Giant gas planets extremely close to their stars
  2. 5. Planets that orbit stars outside our solar system
  3. 7. A planet’s shell of gases
  4. 8. Life that may exist beyond Earth
  5. 9. System with seven Earth-sized planets
  6. 11. Chemical signals that could indicate life
  7. 12. Region around a star where liquid water can exist
  8. 13. Rocky planets larger than Earth
Down
  1. 1. Detecting planets by a star’s slight dimming
  2. 2. Studying light to identify chemicals
  3. 4. Finding planets by measuring a star’s wobble
  4. 6. Telescope that analyzes distant atmospheres
  5. 10. Distance that light travels in one year