Across
- 3. The name of our galaxy.
- 5. an area of such immense gravity that nothing—not even light—can escape from it
- 10. This is a meteor that reaches the surface of the Earth or another planet.
- 11. the stellar core left behind after a dying star has exhausted its nuclear fuel.
- 12. Made up of gas and fine particles of dust particles. Can be luminous or dark.
- 13. To do with the sky or the heavens.
- 15. the most common and coolest star of the universe
Down
- 1. A massive collection of hundreds of millions of stars, all orbiting about a common centre.
- 2. A large body that revolves around a star. They shine by reflected light.
- 3. A small solid body entering a planet's atmosphere from outer space.
- 4. A star that explodes and suddenly gets very bright and then fades back to its previous illumination in a few months or years.
- 6. Imagined patterns among the stars. Examples include Crux Australis (the Southern Cross), Orion (the Hunter) and Taurus.
- 7. A small body that revolves around a (larger) planet.
- 8. year The distance traveled by light in one year.
- 9. System Consisting of the Sun; the nine planets and their satellites, the asteroids, comets, meteoroids and interplanetary dust and gas
- 14. A sphere of great mass, that produces energy by means of nuclear fusion reactions.
