This printable crossword puzzle on the topic of Astronomy & Space has 32 clues. Answers range from 5 to 17 letters long. This crossword is also available to download as a Microsoft Word document or a PDF.
What are objects called that you see in the sky?
What is a system with two stars called?
Dark areas on the surface, this area is cooler than the surrounding area
Bright streams of plasma extend from the photosphere into the corna
What planet has over 33 moons • 1000 plus rings made of ice and rock chunk
Small rock or particle of debris in our solar system
Burning our atmosphere
When it hits the earth and causes an impact crater
Earth is mostly_______gas?
Mass is the amount of______?
Found at the center of galaxies
Water does not exist in its liquid state past this boundary in the solar system
Unit of distance used for objects outside our solar system
Known as “the birthplace of stars”
How bright a star is from the earth
How bright a star is from a average distance
A shadow where light source is completely blocked(the observer)
Small celestial body made from rock and metal, may contain water
A group of planets and stars that the earth belongs too
Large planets that contain 10 times the mass of the earth also known as outer planets
Planet closest to the sun
When the moon passes between the sun and earth and the moon fully or partially blocks the sun
A dwarf planet that usually orbits past the orbit of Neptune
Only happens with stars that have a hydrogen fusion core
Home for sun, planets and celestrial objects
Decrease in visible illuminated area of the surface of the moon
Increase of visible illuminated area of the surface of the moon
The partially shaded outer part of a shadow
Curved path for celestial objects
Complete turn on it’s axis
Two times of the year, either summer or winter when the sun reaches its highest or lowest point in the sky
Glowing crown like structure