Challenging - Space & Planets

4. – Special clothing worn by astronauts to survive in space
5. – A group of stars that form a pattern in the sky
7. – A rocky object in space, smaller than a planet
11. – The force that pulls objects toward each other
12. – Everything that exists, including all space, planets, and galaxies
13. – The planet closest in size to Earth, covered in thick clouds
14. – A ball of ice and dust that orbits the Sun, often with a glowing tail
15. – The distance that light travels in one year
17. – A person who travels into space
19. Hole – A spot in space with gravity so strong that not even light can escape
20. – A huge group of stars, planets, and gas, like the Milky Way

1. – The largest planet in our solar system
2. – A vehicle used to launch people and things into space
3. – Refers to the Sun, like in "solar energy"
6. – A tool for looking at distant objects in space
8. – The path one object takes around another in space
9. – An object that orbits a planet; can be natural or man-made
10. – A rock that burns up in Earth’s atmosphere, also called a "shooting star"
16. – The red planet, fourth from the Sun
18. – A giant cloud of gas and dust where stars are born