Printable Solar System Crosswords

Journey through our Solar System with crossword puzzles about planets, moons, asteroids, and space exploration.

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Solar System

Hard · 11×11 · 15 words
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  1. 1. A candy bar or a rusty, warring neighbor?
  2. 4. A royal halo seen only when the primary star hides.
  3. 6. Proverbial cheese wheel that pushes and pulls the tides.
  4. 7. Going around in circles, gravitationally speaking.
  5. 8. Throwing shade on a massive, cosmic scale.
  6. 11. A brilliant flash in the pan before hitting the dirt.
  7. 12. A theoretical, icy cloud for cometary origins.
  8. 13. An icy giant that insists on rolling along on its side.

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  1. 2. When you're as far away as possible in a satellite relationship.
  2. 3. It's just a blinding phase of plasma, really.
  3. 4. Halley's famous icy tail-wagger.
  4. 5. Cloudy, colorful nursery where massive bodies are born.
  5. 8. An icy Jovian moon hiding a vast, dark ocean.
  6. 9. The undisputed hula hoop champion of the cosmos.
  7. 10. Dirt that we just happen to call home.

Solar System

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  1. 1. The hot star at the center of our planetary system
  2. 5. The sixth planet from the sun, famous for its large ring system
  3. 7. The third planet from the sun and our home world
  4. 9. A building equipped for viewing the night sky and celestial events
  5. 10. The large natural satellite that orbits Earth
  6. 11. The curved path of a celestial object around a star or planet
  7. 12. The bright radiation provided by our central star

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  1. 2. The seventh planet from the sun, known for rotating on its side
  2. 3. A bowl-shaped depression on a surface caused by an impact
  3. 4. A rock from space that burns up in the atmosphere, often called a shooting star
  4. 6. A person trained to travel in a spacecraft
  5. 8. A rocky object orbiting in space, smaller than a planet
  6. 10. The red planet named after the Roman god of war

Solar System

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  1. 2. The superheated state of matter making up our star
  2. 5. The only known habitable zone resident
  3. 6. The largest resident of the asteroid belt
  4. 8. The invisible thread keeping the planets from wandering off
  5. 11. Rocky remnant floating mostly between Mars and Jupiter
  6. 13. A moon so grand it has its own dense atmosphere
  7. 14. Iconic bands made of dust and ice

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  1. 1. Icy traveler that puts on a fiery tail show
  2. 3. Roman god of war, or his planetary namesake
  3. 4. One of two fearful satellites circling the red planet
  4. 5. When a shadow puts on a spectacular daytime show
  5. 7. Jovian moon harboring a hidden ocean
  6. 9. The elliptical path taken year after year
  7. 10. Nighttime wanderer with many phases
  8. 12. Central figure that holds everything together

Solar System

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  1. 3. Earth's natural satellite
  2. 4. NASA missions that sent humans to the moon
  3. 5. Second planet from the Sun
  4. 7. The third planet from the Sun
  5. 9. Invisible force that pulls objects together
  6. 12. The path a planet takes around a star
  7. 13. A glowing ball of gas in the sky
  8. 15. The largest planet in our system

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  1. 1. An icy space body with a tail
  2. 2. A well-known icy dwarf planet
  3. 6. The vast empty area beyond our atmosphere
  4. 8. A large rocky object orbiting in space
  5. 9. Massive collection of stars and solar systems
  6. 10. Planet famous for its prominent rings
  7. 11. Tiny pieces of solid matter floating in space
  8. 14. Central star of our planetary system

Solar System

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  1. 2. An asteroid that hides in a planet's orbit, no horse required
  2. 5. Smoked fish found in the belt of a small icy world
  3. 7. The frozen nursery at the very edge of the neighborhood
  4. 9. The thin air at the exit of the world
  5. 11. The ultimate divider between the light and the dark
  6. 15. Dry seas that never saw a drop of water
  7. 16. The absolute bottom of the celestial sphere
  8. 17. The brilliance of a surface, reflection without thought

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  1. 1. A close encounter of the lunar kind
  2. 2. Terrestrial rock with a cosmic melt
  3. 3. The rhythm of an eighteen-year shadow dance
  4. 4. A tiny glass bead fallen from the heavens
  5. 6. A grain of truth that grew into a world
  6. 8. The border where the sun finally loses its breath
  7. 10. A loop of flame that demands your attention
  8. 12. The point of greatest social distancing from the host
  9. 13. Small moon of Saturn or a Greek soul
  10. 14. The vast collection of absolutely nothing

Solar System

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  1. 1. A bowl-shaped scar left by a cosmic impact
  2. 3. A streak of light caused by a falling rock
  3. 5. The empty space between celestial structures
  4. 7. Rocky wanderer found mostly between Mars and Jupiter
  5. 11. The hottest neighbor, often mistaken for a star
  6. 12. Polar light show caused by solar wind
  7. 13. The rusty world named for a god of war

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  1. 1. The sun's outermost layer, visible during totality
  2. 2. The distant cloud that marks the edge of the system
  3. 4. When one celestial body casts a shadow on another
  4. 6. The swift planet with the shortest year
  5. 8. The ringed beauty that could float in water
  6. 9. The changing appearances of the moon
  7. 10. Relating to the Earth's natural satellite

Solar System

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  1. 1. The vast area that contains all the planets
  2. 5. How Earth differs from all other known planets
  3. 7. The sixth planet famous for its visible rings

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  1. 2. The very center of a planet or star
  2. 3. A burning ball of gas visible in the night sky
  3. 4. Energy from the Sun that helps plants grow
  4. 6. The star at the center of our solar system
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