Astronomy Crossword Puzzles

an object that has gravity so strong that even light can't escape it, a group of millions or billions of stars and planetary systems which are …

_ is a gas giant planet that is smaller than jupiter but larger than neptune, all but two planets in the solar system have a natural satellite, or _ , …

the moon block the light from the sun reaching the earth (order s.m.e.), the earth block the light from the sun reaching the moon (order s.e.m.), the …

earth's only natural satellite, the force that holds stars in a galaxy together, the time it takes light to reach earth from the sun, a measure …

who are known for their knowledge in astronomy, device used for seeing faraway objects, written document used to represent the positions and movements …

the lighter part of the shadow created by an eclipse, the first phase of the moon, it has no visible light, entire side of the moon is visible, when a …

the closest galaxy to the earth, the strongest material in the known universe, the largest zodiac constellation, and the 2nd largest constellation …

the cloud of dust and gas that the solar system came from, the space a object takes up, the closest star to the solar system besides the sun, the …

spiral galaxies are usually the _ , the force holding a galaxy together, a spiral galaxy contains both _ and old stars, this galaxy has very little …

distance light can travel in a year, result of 2 objects rubbing together causing a slowing down, unit used to measure distance in space, branch of …

things in motion tend to stay in motion, it takes the earth a full year to do complete this motion, a shooting star headed towards the earth, …

is called the "red planet" due to rust on its surface, rotates on its side, abbreviated am, planet with the most extreme temperature range, …

a hypothesized for of energy, believed to be responsible for the universe's every increasing rate of expansion, a star formed from a cloud of …

the path an object takes as it moves around something, when a planet spins on its axis, a rock from space that burns in earth’s atmosphere, when one …

point in the path of the sun when the sun is farthest north or south of the equator, small body of matter in the solar system seen when it falls into …

an event in which the shadow of one celestial falls on another, a natural or artificial body that revolves around a planet, the change in the sunlit …

a graph that plots stars organized by luminosity and by their temperature, a sphere made up of extremely hot gases, a cloud of gas and dust in outer …

the furthest planet from the sun, our galaxy name, it takes 28 day to go round the earth, the planet with visible rings, this gives neptune it's …

growth in size or increase in amount, the name given to the first four outer planets: jupiter, saturn, uranus, and neptune, uranus, neptune (frozen …

pluto is this type of planet, clyde tombaugh's job, pluto was discovered in nineteen _ , antonym of predictable, synonym for motivating, about _ …

a set that includes a star and all of the matter that orbits it, including planets, moons, asteroids, comets, and other objects, rocks floating around …

immense star systems held together by mutual gravity of its member stars, nebula that contains dust which scatters light enough to become visible, the …

natural satellite; ours is called luna, extended shell of icy objects that exists in the outermost region of the solar system, 8 in our solar system, …

this is dark during a lunar eclipse, getting smaller, the moon takes 27 days to _ around the earth, the quarter of the moon when it is light on the …

supernova remnant, first object in messier's catalog, m31, our nearest spiral galaxy neighbor, m45, visible to the naked eye, m57, glowing …

what is saturn's most spectacular feature?, jupiter has how many moons?, neptune has what that produces more energy than the planet receives from …

of or relating to the stars, everything that exists, including objects and energy, throughout time and space, a blocking of the sun's light that …

another word for moon orbiting a planet, the spinning of a planet on its axis, axis tilted on its side, the largest planet, planets made mostly of …

this causes the light emitted by a meteor, comets in the kuiper belt circle the sun in the same _ as our planets, the part of a comet made of water …

a star located at the end of the handle of the little dipper, in the constellation ursa minor, northern hemisphere is tilted toward sun, one of the …