space 2 crossword

3. An object that will crash into a celestial body
5. A large mass which burns hydrogen and uses nuclear fusion to turn it to helium
6. a partially reusable spacecraft designed to transport people and cargo to and from earth orbit
8. A group of stars that, when viewed from Earth, look like they are in the shape of something.
10. A protective shield made of gases around a body held there by gravity
11. Any object that orbits a star or planet, both man-made and natural
12. Energy emitted as waves from unstable atoms, machines and decay.

1. A small, icy body made of dust and ice with a tail which typically orbit a star
2. Particles produced in the atmosphere of dying stars
3. A greenhouse gas made from biological decomposition
4. A large mass orbiting a star
7. An unmanned spacecraft used to explore other celestial bodies
9. A giant, interstellar cloud in which stars are born
10. The invisible line on which the earth rotates