Universe

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Across
  1. 3. The vast, seemingly endless expanse beyond Earth's atmosphere, where planets, stars, and galaxies exist.
  2. 7. A vehicle designed to propel itself into space, often used to transport astronauts and cargo.
  3. 8. Glowing celestial objects in the night sky, like the Sun but far away, often forming constellations.
  4. 9. Vast collections of stars, planets, dust, and gas bound together by gravity, like our Milky Way.
  5. 10. A small celestial object that enters Earth's atmosphere, often called a shooting star when it burns up.
  6. 11. The path that an object, like a planet or satellite, takes as it goes around another object in space.
Down
  1. 1. Large celestial bodies that orbit stars, such as Earth, Mars, and Jupiter, often having moons.
  2. 2. A cloud of gas and dust in space, often where stars are born and can appear as colorful patches.
  3. 4. An optical instrument used to observe distant objects in space, such as stars and planets.
  4. 5. A celestial object made of ice and dust that orbits the Sun, often developing a bright tail when near it.
  5. 6. The force that pulls objects toward each other, like the force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun.
  6. 10. Earth's natural satellite, a celestial body that orbits our planet and reflects sunlight.