Astronomy Crossword for Teens

Stargazing and Astronomy

"Stargazing and Astronomy" is a medium crossword about astronomy with 16 clues, 9 across and 7 down, on an 11 by 11 grid.

The longest answer runs seven letters: "The attractive force that pulls cosmic matter together to form galaxies" (8 Across). It crosses four other answers, so getting it early opens up much of the grid.

  • 16 clues
  • 11 x 11 grid
  • Medium
  • Answers 3 to 7 letters

The three longest answers

  1. 8 Across (7)The attractive force that pulls cosmic matter together to form galaxies
  2. 2 Down (6)Giant interstellar cloud of gas and dust, such as the Eagle or Trifid
  3. 3 Down (6)Extremely luminous active galactic nucleus, like the distant ones recently spotted by Euclid

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Across

  1. 1. NASA space telescope launching in 2026 to map billions of galaxies.
  2. 5. "___-9," a dark matter relic of early galaxy formation discovered by Hubble in 2026.
  3. 6. Red planet that shares an early morning conjunction with Jupiter in August 2026.
  4. 8. The attractive force that pulls cosmic matter together to form galaxies.
  5. 10. Luminous ring around a celestial body, often caused by ice crystals.
  6. 11. Eclipsed celestial body during the August 2026 total eclipse event.
  7. 12. Comet debris that creates meteor showers when Earth passes through it.
  8. 13. Where stargazers look to find the Perseid radiant.
  9. 14. ___ Major, northern constellation containing the Big Dipper.

Down

  1. 2. Giant interstellar cloud of gas and dust, such as the Eagle or Trifid.
  2. 3. Extremely luminous active galactic nucleus, like the distant ones recently spotted by Euclid.
  3. 4. Swift-Tuttle is an example of this icy solar system body.
  4. 7. What a coronagraph blocks out to photograph distant exoplanets.
  5. 8. A massive system of stars, like Andromeda or the Milky Way.
  6. 9. The hottest planet in our solar system, despite not being closest to the sun.
  7. 11. What a wandering black hole was recently observed devouring by the Swift Observatory.

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