Space Vocab Puzzle

4. A term used to describe a full moon that occurs during the moon's closest approach to the earth.
5. A scientist who studies the universe.
6. A star that's exhausted its own supply of carbon and burnt out.
8. The main theory explaining how the universe started.
10. the third planet from the sun.
12. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft.
13. A cavity in the ground of a celestial object, typically caused by explosions or meteor impact
15. A place in space where the pull of gravity is so strong that even light can't get out.

1. Small, rocky objects that orbit the Sun
2. The gaseous outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere.
3. A group of stars that form a pattern.
7. A body in space that resembles a small planet but lacks criteria to ...
9. The area of air and gas that envelopes Earth and other astronomical objects.
11. Small dim galaxies that are abundant in the universe.
14. The area of air and gas that envelopes Earth and other astronomical objects.