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Date ___________________
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NEBULA
CONSTELLATION
SATELLITE
TELESCOPE
SPECTROSCOPE
ECLIPSE
BLACKHOLE
PROTOSTAR
ROTATE
SUPERNOVA
REVOLVE
UNIVERSE
LIGHT-YEAR
PLANET
COMET
BLACKDWARF
AXIS
ORBIT

 

NEBULA
CONSTELLATION
SATELLITE
TELESCOPE
SPECTROSCOPE
ECLIPSE
BLACKHOLE
PROTOSTAR
ROTATE
SUPERNOVA
REVOLVE
UNIVERSE
LIGHT-YEAR
PLANET
COMET
BLACKDWARF
AXIS
ORBIT

Down
1.  When a celestial body moves in an orbit around another celestial body.
3.  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)
5.  An instrument used by astronomers to study the light given off by stars.
8.  The final stage of a star's life cycle, when no light is released from the star. (2 words)
10.  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.
12.  A star may form from this cloud of gas and dust in space.
15.  When a planet or other celestial body spins around itself or its axis.
Across
2.  All matter and energy that exists including Earth, stars, planets, and dust.
4.  Earth's imaginary line that runs from the North Pole through the center of Earth to the South Pole.
6.  Matter from a nebula that has begun to condense under the weight of gravity to begin the formation of a star.
7.  A small celestial body that orbits the sun. This often has three parts: a nucelus, a coma, and a tail.
9.  A large celestial body that revolves around a star and is larger than an asteroid.
11.  A group of stars that form a pattern or shape. Ancient astronomers named these patterns after animals or from Greek mythology.
13.  A path that a celestial body takes as it revolves around another celestial body.
14.  This occurs when one celestial body passes through the shadow of another celestial body.
16.  An instrument that makes distant objects seem larger.
17.  The distance light travels in one Earth year.
18.  A massive star that uses up all its fuel, rapidly contracts, and explodes. The explosion releases an enormous burst of energy.

 

Answer Key
1R
2U
NIVERSE
3B
VL
4A
XI
5S
6P
ROTOSTARP
LC
7C
OMET
8B
VKC
9P
LANETHT
AO
10S
R
C
11C
O
12N
STELLATION
KEETS
D
13O
RBITEC
WULO
A
14E
CLIPSELP
RAIE
F
15R
T
16T
ELESCOPE
T
17L
IGHT-YEAR
T
18S
UPERNOVA