Across
- 3. A person who travels in space, exploring and conducting experiments in spacecraft.
- 7. A vehicle or machine designed to travel or operate in outer space, carrying astronauts or scientific instruments.
- 9. A powerful explosion that occurs at the end of a star's life cycle, releasing a tremendous amount of energy and matter into space.
- 10. A small celestial object consisting of a nucleus of ice and dust that orbits the Sun, often developing a bright tail when near it.
- 11. A massive system of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity.
- 13. An optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer and larger, used for observing celestial objects.
- 15. A large cloud of gas and dust in space, visible either as a bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter.
Down
- 1. Relating to the Moon or characteristic of it, such as lunar eclipses or lunar landings.
- 2. A large celestial body that orbits around a star, like Earth or Mars, and may have its own moons.
- 4. An object that orbits a planet or other celestial body, usually used for communication, navigation, or scientific observation.
- 5. Hole A region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape from it.
- 6. A small rocky body orbiting the Sun, especially between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter, which can vary in size from a few meters to hundreds of kilometers across.
- 8. System A collection of planets, moons, comets, asteroids, and other celestial bodies that orbit around a star, typically referring to our Sun and its system of planets.
- 12. A small rocky or metallic body that enters Earth's atmosphere, appearing as a streak of light before burning up due to friction.
- 14. A luminous sphere of plasma held together by gravity, like the Sun, which emits light and heat.