Across
- 1. A cosmic snowball of frozen gases, rocks, and dust that orbits the sun.
- 3. One of the most accepted theories of the origin of the universe
- 7. Centauri This nearest star to our sun is 4.2 light-years away
- 8. the distance a beam of light travels in a single Earth year,
Down
- 2. It is our galaxy. It is of spiral shape
- 4. The large group of stars
- 5. Gas giants are large planets composed mostly of gases, such as hydrogen and helium, with a relatively small rocky core.
- 6. A huge cloud of gases, mainly made up of hydrogen and helium
