Across
- 5. A powerful and luminous explosion of a star
- 6. A composition of particles that do not emit or absorb light
- 8. A system of billions of stars
- 12. The galaxy in which we live in
- 13. A celestial body that orbits around a larger body
- 15. A region of space that no matter or radiation can escape from
- 17. A cloud of dust and gas in outer space
- 19. A massive and extremely remote celestial object
- 21. A small body of matter from space that enters the atmosphere
- 22. A celestial body resembling a small planet
- 23. A group of stars that forms an identifiable pattern
Down
- 1. The natural satellite of Earth
- 2. A celestial object that emits regular pulses of radio waves
- 3. A star with a large increase in brightness
- 4. How astronomers explain the way the universe began
- 5. The collection of eight groups of planets and their moons circling around the sun
- 7. A planet orbiting a star outside of the Solar System
- 9. Matter that has an opposite electric charge
- 10. A small and dense star around the size of a normal planet
- 11. A fixed luminous point in the night sky
- 14. Small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun
- 16. A large planet of relatively low density
- 18. A celestial body made out of gases/rocks/dust
- 20. A celestial body moving in an orbit around a star