Astronomy Crossword Puzzle
Test your knowledge of stars, planets and more as you complete this
interesting science crossword puzzle. Clues are on the next page.
There are no spaces between words in the puzzle.
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The name of our galaxy
A very small star
The planet closest to Earth
The "Red Planet"
The planet closest to the Sun
Number of stars in the Big Dipper
The distance light travels in one year
An instrument that makes distant objects look larger and closer
The spinning of the Earth on its axis
Small rocky objects that revolve around the sun, mostly in the area between
Mars and Jupiter
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A scientist who studies stars and planets
A star much larger than our sun
A group of stars with a definite pattern or arrangement
A star's brightness is called its ______.
The largest planet in our solar system
Another name for the North Star
A large group of stars, gas and dust
The movement of the Earth around the Sun
The planet with rings
A mass of material with a long tail that travels around the Sun
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