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TELESCOPE
SPECTROSCOPE
CONSTELLATION
SATELLITE
ECLIPSE
PROTOSTAR
ASTEROID
ROTATE
SUPERNOVA
UNIVERSE
REVOLVE
SUNSPOT
LIGHT-YEAR
BLACKHOLE
PLANET
WHITEDWARF
AXIS
GALAXY
MAGNITUDE
NEBULA
ORBIT
COMET

Down
2.  The distance light travels in one Earth year.
3.  A red giant that uses almost all of its fuel will begin to collapse into this type of star. At this stage of a star's life cycle the star will give out very little light. (2 words)
5.  All matter and energy that exists including Earth, stars, planets, and dust.
6.  A massive star that uses up all its fuel, rapidly contracts, and explodes. The explosion releases an enormous burst of energy.
7.  A large celestial body that revolves around a star and is larger than an asteroid.
9.  Small chunks of rock that orbit the sun.
10.  A group of stars that form a pattern or shape. Ancient astronomers named these patterns after animals or from Greek mythology.
13.  This occurs when one celestial body passes through the shadow of another celestial body.
14.  An instrument that makes distant objects seem larger.
18.  A small celestial body that orbits the sun. This often has three parts: a nucelus, a coma, and a tail.
20.  Earth's imaginary line that runs from the North Pole through the center of Earth to the South Pole.
Across
1.  An area of dense, invisible matter in space. The gravitational attraction is so large in this that anything that enters will not escape. (2 words)
4.  A measure of the brightness of a star or another celestial body.
6.  A dark area on the sun that is caused by magnetic storms.
8.  A star may form from this cloud of gas and dust in space.
11.  When a celestial body moves in an orbit around another celestial body.
12.  An instrument used by astronomers to study the light given off by stars.
15.  A group of stars, gas, and dust, such as the Milky Way.
16.  A body, such as the moon, that revolves around a larger body. This may also be an artificial object that was sent into space to orbit another object.
17.  A path that a celestial body takes as it revolves around another celestial body.
19.  Matter from a nebula that has begun to condense under the weight of gravity to begin the formation of a star.
21.  When a planet or other celestial body spins around itself or its axis.

 

Answer Key
1B
2L
ACKHOLE
3W
IH
4M
AGNITUDE
5U
I
H
6S
UNS
7P
OT
T
8N
EBUL
9A
UILE
-SPVAD
Y
10C
TEENW
11R
EVOLVEERREA
ANRNSTR
R
12S
P
13E
C
14T
ROSCOPEF
TCEIV
ELLD
15G
ALAXY
LIE
LP
16S
ATELLITE
ASC
17O
RBITEO
18C
I
19P
ROTOST
20A
R
21R
OTATEMX
NEI
TS