Space Vocabulary

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Across
  1. 2. A cloud of gas and dust where stars can form.
  2. 5. The arm where the solar system is found
  3. 7. A region in space where gravity is so strong that even light cannot escape
  4. 8. A large ball of hot gas that produces light and heat
  5. 9. The name of our galaxy
  6. 10. The star closest to our planet
  7. 11. The planet that we live on
Down
  1. 1. Everything that exists including space, time and matter
  2. 3. A unit of distance equal to how far light travels in one year
  3. 4. A giant system of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity
  4. 6. A large object that orbits a star
  5. 8. The Sun and everything that orbits it.