Across
- 5. The point of no return around a black hole
- 8. The nearest major galaxy to the Milky Way
- 10. A region where gravity is too strong for light to escape
- 11. A massive system of stars and planets
- 13. A bright energetic galaxy core
- 16. When one celestial body blocks another
- 18. The distance light travels in a year
- 21. The center of our solar system
- 25. A Russian space traveler
- 26. A neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field
- 29. A space rock burning in Earth's atmosphere
- 30. A planet famous for its rings
- 33. The universe as a whole
- 35. Related to the Sun
- 36. A vehicle that propels itself into space
- 37. A person trained for space travel
- 38. A vehicle designed for space travel
- 39. Known as the Red Planet
- 41. A rapidly spinning neutron star
- 42. Part of the name of the space station
- 45. A famous space telescope
- 46. The farthest planet from the Sun
- 48. A body that orbits a planet
Down
- 1. A region beyond Neptune with icy bodies
- 2. A device to observe distant objects
- 3. A small rocky body in space
- 4. A planet that rotates on its side
- 6. U S space agency
- 7. The path of a celestial body
- 9. The galaxy that contains our solar system
- 11. A ripple in spacetime caused by massive objects
- 12. A celestial body orbiting a star
- 14. A cloud of gas and dust in space
- 15. A force that pulls objects together
- 17. Existing between the stars
- 19. A massive star's explosive death
- 20. The hottest planet in the solar system
- 22. Earth’s only natural satellite
- 23. An icy body with a glowing tail
- 24. A mysterious substance that makes up most of the universe’s mass
- 27. The largest planet in the solar system
- 28. A private space company founded by Elon Musk
- 31. A distant cloud of icy objects
- 32. A planet outside our solar system
- 34. A luminous sphere of gas held by gravity
- 40. The event that started the universe
- 41. A dwarf planet in the Kuiper Belt
- 43. The dense remnant of a collapsed star
- 44. Relating to Earth's moon
- 47. The four dimensional continuum of space and time
