Astronomy Crossword Puzzles

made of material left over from supernovas, the stage of a star's life that is a huge explosion, the first stage of a star's life, and when …

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 …

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 …

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 _ …