Across
- 1. a mass of ice and dust that moves around the sun and looks like a bright star with a tail
- 4. a large systems of stars
- 6. a large ball of burning gas in space that we see as a point of light in the sky at night
- 8. a scientist who studies astronomy
- 12. a vehicle that travels in space
- 14. a large structure that is sent into space
- 15. the sun and all the planets that move around it
Down
- 2. a piece of equipment like a tube in shape, containing lenses, that you look through to make objects that are far away appear larger and nearer
- 3. a curved path followed by a planet
- 5. a person whose job involves travelling and working in a spacecraft
- 7. an electronic device that is sent into space and moves around the earth or another planet
- 9. the round object that moves around the earth
- 10. a building with a curved ceiling to represent the sky at night, with moving images of the planets and stars, used to educate and entertain people
- 11. the planet that we live on
- 13. a large round object in space that moves around a star