This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Astronomy & Space has 15 clues. Answers range from 4 to 18 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
When many meteors center our atmosphere once or almost at one
A device shaped like a long tube that you look through in order to see things from far away
The length of time the Earth takes to orbit the sun.
The science of applying the laws of physics to the universe
A chunk of rock from space that is smaller than an aesteroid
The phase of the moon when the side facing the Earth is completely lit by sunlight
The large red storm going around like a tornado on Jupiter
Mercury Venus Earth Mars
Ball of gas that makes its own light and heat because of nuclear reaction in its center
Gas and dust behind as a comet orbits close to the sun, the sunlight makes it bright
a natural or artificial body in orbit around a planet
the line between day & night on any celestial object
The remnants of a dead star. They are incredibly compact and spin very quickly, some spin 100 times a second
the curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon, especially a periodic elliptical revolution
How bright a star would look if it were 32. 6 light years away from the Earth