Across
- 2. A fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun.
- 4. The branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.
- 6. A cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter.
- 7. Relating to or occupying space.
- 8. All existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos. The universe is believed to be at least 10 billion light years in diameter and contains a vast number of galaxies; it has been expanding since its creation in the Big Bang about 13 billion years ago.
- 10. An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination.
Down
- 1. The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass.
- 3. A number greater than any assignable quantity or countable number
- 5. The partial or total absence of light.
- 9. A completely empty space.