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Astronomy offers an expansive and awe-inspiring landscape for crossword puzzles, featuring a stellar vocabulary of celestial bodies, scientific principles, and space exploration milestones. From "nebulae" and "supernovae" to planetary names and famous observatories, this topic provides a universe of clever clue possibilities. Constructors can create puzzles that are both educational and wonder-inducing, appealing to star-gazers and science enthusiasts eager to explore the depths of their cosmic knowledge.
Crossword clues used in astronomy puzzles, with answers and links to play.
“The natural satellite that orbits the Earth”
MOON (4)
“The star at the center of our solar system.”
SUN (3)
“The United States government agency responsible for the civilian space program”
NASA (4)
“A star that suddenly increases in brightness.”
NOVA (4)
“The second planet from the sun.”
VENUS (5)
“The fourth planet from the sun known as the red planet”
MARS (4)
“Relating to the Moon.”
LUNAR (5)
“A circular band of dust and rock orbiting Saturn”
RING (4)
“The scientific study of celestial bodies and the universe”
ASTRONOMY (9)
“A star that suddenly increases greatly in brightness”
NOVA (4)
“A glowing ball of gas visible in the night sky”
STAR (4)
“The eighth and farthest known major planet from the sun”
NEPTUNE (7)
“A vast system of billions of stars, gas, and dust”
GALAXY (6)
“A streak of light caused by a space rock burning in the atmosphere”
METEOR (6)
“A person trained to travel in a spacecraft”
ASTRONAUT (9)
“The curved path of a celestial body around a star or planet”
ORBIT (5)
“Earth's natural satellite that lights up the night”
MOON (4)
“The giant planet famous for its prominent ring system”
SATURN (6)
“Describing a point where density shoots to infinity and equations give up”
SINGULAR (8)
“Incandescent streak when an intruder burns in planetary air”
METEOR (6)
“Explosive finale forging gold and iron across the cosmos”
SUPERNOVA (9)
“Central stellar engine room under intolerable pressure”
CORE (4)
“The loneliest, most distant orbital moment from Earth”
APOGEE (6)
“Neutron star sporting trillions of Gauss capable of wiping credit cards from afar”
MAGNETAR (8)
“Sudden white dwarf flare-up that seems brand new”
NOVA (4)
“Faster-than-light growth spurt that flattened the baby universe”
INFLATION (9)
“Perpetual freefall that constantly misses the ground”
ORBIT (5)
“Compact stellar elder that has finished its main-sequence youth”
DWARF (5)
“Hot plasma celebrity that loves to twinkle”
STAR (4)
“Cosmic Hubble stretching driving galactic clusters ever farther apart”
EXPANSION (9)
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