Stargazing & Cosmos

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Across
  1. 4. - Moment when day and night share equal hours.
  2. 8. - Curved path of a celestial body around a star.
  3. 9. - Silent empty space stretching between distant star systems.
  4. 11. - Passing shadow of a moon across a sun or planet.
  5. 13. - Spinning neutron star sending out regular radio pulses.
  6. 14. - Massive stellar explosion scattering bright stardust.
Down
  1. 1. - Lowest point directly underneath your feet in space.
  2. 2. - Imaginary point directly overhead in the night sky.
  3. 3. - Longest or shortest day of the year in planetary cycles.
  4. 5. - Perfectly round planetary shape spinning in the dark.
  5. 6. - Giant colorful cloud of interstellar gas and dust.
  6. 7. - The entire orderly universe stretching out infinitely.
  7. 10. - Round impact basin formed on ancient moon surfaces.
  8. 12. - Extremely distant and bright celestial energy source.