Across
- 2. the largest and most powerful space telescope ever built
- 4. hunter constellation
- 8. a regular, repeating curved path that one object in space takes around another
- 10. constellation in the northern sky that looks like a ladle or a tiny spoon
- 11. constellation in the northern sky that looks like a large ladle or spoon
- 15. a large constellation in the northern night sky known as the "Great Bear"
- 17. groups of stars that form pictures in the night sky (like lions or hunters) and are only visible during specific times of the year.
- 18. made up background stories for constellations
- 19. A nebula in the form of an eye
Down
- 1. Bear" in Latin, is a small constellation in the northern sky famous for containing the Little Dipper asterism and the North Star
- 3. a "circle of animals" (or "circle of life") in the sky, composed of 12 main constellations that the sun appears to pass through throughout the year
- 5. a giant robotic camera and telescope that orbits in space
- 6. nebular in the shape of an animal head
- 7. summer constellation, the archer
- 9. everything that exists—all space, time, matter, and energy
- 11. a place in space with gravity so strong that not even light can escape, making it invisible
- 12. a large, rocky natural satellite that orbits the Earth, acting as our closest neighbor in space
- 13. a massive, beautiful cloud of dust and gas (mostly hydrogen and helium) floating in space
- 14. massive, glowing spheres of hot gas—mostly hydrogen and helium—held together by their own gravity
- 16. our neighborhood in space, featuring the Sun at the center with eight planets, moons, asteroids, and comets orbiting it
