Across
- 1. This type of galaxy has a smooth, oval shape with little gas or dust, often containing older stars.
- 3. A galaxy with no defined shape, often chaotic in appearance, and rich in gas and young stars.
- 5. Collisions of celestial objects, such as asteroids or meteoroids, often resulting in craters or other significant changes.
- 7. A massive system of stars, stellar remnants, gas, dust, and dark matter, bound together by gravity.
- 8. A galaxy characterized by a flat, rotating disk with a central bulge and spiral arms extending outward.
- 9. A region in our solar system between Mars and Jupiter filled with rocky debris and minor planets.
- 10. The vast expanse that includes all matter, energy, galaxies, stars, and planets, encompassing everything in existence.
Down
- 2. Small rocky bodies that orbit the Sun, mostly found in the asteroid belt between Mars and Jupiter.
- 4. Tiny particles of matter found in space, often forming nebulae or contributing to the birth of stars.
- 6. Bowl-shaped depressions formed by the impact of meteorites or other celestial objects striking a surface.