This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Astronomy & Space has 15 clues. Answers range from 7 to 16 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
The sun and all bodies that orbit the sun
A model of the solar system with earth at the center
A model of the solar system with the sun at the center
A force of attraction between objects that is due to their masses and distances between them
An inward force that causes an object to move in a circular path
The cloud from which the solar system formed
The large bodies from which the planets formed
The process by which 2 or more low-mass atomic nuclei fuse to form another, heavier nucleus
Dark areas that form on the surface of the sun
An explosive release of energy that can extend outward as far as the sun's outer atmosphere
Huge loops of of relatively cool gas that extend thousands of kilometers into the outer atmosphere
The average distance between the sun and earth
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune
A disk of material that orbits a planet and consists of orbiting particles.
A celestial body that orbits the sun and is round because of its own gravity, but unlike planets, it does not have the mass to have cleared other bodies out of its orbit around the sun