Daily Vocabulary Crossword Challenge: Space Exploration

Welcome to the Cosmic Word Quest!

Ready to test your knowledge of the final frontier? Today’s challenge focuses on Space Exploration. Whether you're an aspiring astronaut or a backyard stargazer, these clues will put your celestial vocabulary to the test.

Grab a pen and paper (or just use your mental notepad) and see if you can solve all ten clues without looking at the answer key!

The Clues

Across

1. The curved path of a celestial object or spacecraft around a star, planet, or moon. (5 letters)
2. Known as the 'Red Planet,' it is the fourth planet from the Sun. (4 letters)
3. A massive explosion that occurs at the end of a star's life cycle. (9 letters)
4. A giant cloud of dust and gas in space, often where new stars are born. (6 letters)
5. The force that attracts a body toward the center of the earth, or toward any other physical body having mass. (7 letters)

Down

1. A person who is trained to travel in a spacecraft. (9 letters)
2. The galaxy that contains our Solar System. (8 letters)
3. A large, bowl-shaped cavity in the ground caused by an explosion or the impact of a meteorite. (6 letters)
4. An icy, small Solar System body that, when passing close to the Sun, warms and begins to release gases. (5 letters)
5. The star around which the earth orbits. (3 letters)

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Answer Key

Across:

1. ORBIT
2. MARS
3. SUPERNOVA
4. NEBULA
5. GRAVITY

Down:

1. ASTRONAUT
2. MILKYWAY
3. CRATER
4. COMET
5. SUN