Astronomy Crossword
This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Astronomy & Space has 10 clues. Answers range from 4 to 11 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
Description
A celestial body larger than a meteoroid but smaller than a moon.
A large collection of stars, star systems, clouds, gas and dust bound together by gravity with a black hole at its center.
The force of attraction between objects, the strength of which depends on the mass of each object and the distance between them.
The distance light travels in one year, about 6 trillion miles.
A cloud of interstellar dust and gas.
A roughly spherical massive ball of hot gas that shines as a result of nuclear fusion reactions in its core.
A major celestial object that orbits a star and does not emit visible light by internal means.
A remnant of a massive star that has reached the end of its life cycle. The core however has not completely collapsed.
A remnant of a massive star that has burned out its nuclear fuel and collapsed into a point of zero volume under tremendous gravitational force.
Large, rocky celestial body orbiting the Earth.
