OUTER SPACE

3. - A celestial object composed of ice, dust, and gas that orbits the sun in an elongated path.
5. - Small rocky bodies that orbit the sun, mostly found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
8. - The path an object takes around another object in space due to gravitational attraction.
11. - An object orbiting a larger celestial body, such as a planet or a moon.
12. - A planet that orbits a star outside our solar system.
13. - The force that attracts objects with mass toward each other.

1. - An interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium, and other gases where stars are born.
2. - A group of stars forming a recognizable pattern as seen from Earth.
4. - An instrument used to observe distant objects in space.
6. - Relating to the space between stars.
7. - A powerful and explosive event that occurs at the end of a star's life, releasing immense energy.
9. - A vast collection of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity.
10. - Small rocky or metallic body moving through space.
14. - Luminous displays in the sky, like the Northern and Southern Lights, caused by solar wind interacting with the atmosphere.