Across
- 3. Way Our Galaxy. (The word "Galaxy" actually means milky way in Greek).
- 5. An imaginary straight line on which an object rotates.
- 6. radiation Weak microwave radiation coming from space in all directions. It is believed to be the remnant of the Big Bang.
- 9. A small, frozen mass of dust and gas revolving around the sun.
- 12. A sensitive radiation detector.
- 15. Region around an object where the influence of the object's magnetic field can be felt.
- 17. The outermost part of the Earth's atmosphere.
- 20. lights seen over the polar regions which are caused when energized particles from the Sun react with the Earth's magnetic field.
Down
- 1. The hazy-looking patch surrounding the nucleus of a comet.
- 2. star A star which is actually made up of two stars orbiting each other.
- 4. Year The distance which a ray of light would travel in one year. This is about 6,000,000,000,000 (6 trillion) miles.
- 7. The gaseous area surrounding a planet or other body.
- 8. star which suddenly flares up to many times its original brightness before fading again.
- 10. When our view of one object in the sky is blocked by either another object or the Earth's shadow.
- 11. When the Moon is more than half full, but less than completely full.
- 13. March 21st and September 22nd. Twice a year when the day and night are the same amount of time all around the world.
- 14. A shooting star, observed when a particle of dust enters into the Earth's atmosphere.
- 16. A rock, or Minor Planet orbiting the Sun.
- 18. The path one object takes around another.
- 19. A group of stars, gas and dust held together by gravity.