Astronomy Crossword Puzzles

a region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape, the displacement of spectral lines toward longer …

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 …

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

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

a luminous sphere of plasma producing energy by nuclear fusion, the star at the center of our solar system, a large body orbiting a star, a natural …

the region surrounding earth where the magnetic field dominates the behavior of charged particles, deflecting them from the solar wind, the magnetic …

greek philosopher that believed in the geocentric model of the solar system, egyptian mathematician, astronomer, and geographer who wrote the …

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 …

greek for light, constellation that means bull, visible layer of sun during an eclipse, the dog star, constellation that means hunter, center of the …

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 …

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 …

icy body of frozen gasses, rocks and dust leftover from the formation of the solar system, minor planet, the most abundant elements in the known …

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

to compare the advantages and disadvantages of a situation or issue, to travel a long distance to search for or discover something, an object that …

a large portion of the universe's mass and energy, term to describe the uniform expansion of the universe, rapid expansion of the universe, the …

this large planet is surrounded by rings of rocks and debris, the closest star, this planet is named after the roman god of the sea, named after the …

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 …

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, …

_ creators are left by meteorites, this word means moon, _ 's law says that nearby galaxies are moving away from us slowly, this planet is the …

the largest planet, smallest planet, blue gas giant, home of the giant red spot, share orbit with jupiter, evening star, home of crushing atmosphere, …

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

the explosive end of a super red giant, the amount of energy coming off the surface of a star, formed when hydrogen fusion begins and the energy in …

a dying phase of a star, _ nebula, what fire does, a heavenly body that produces its own heat, what stars do when they go supernova, the most common …

_ 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 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 …

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 …

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 …

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, …

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