Space Word Search Puzzle 22

SPHERE: A sphere is a perfectly round 3D shape like a ball - most planets and stars are nearly spherical due to gravity.

GALAXY: A galaxy is a giant collection of billions of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity - our Milky Way is one of them.

QUASAR: A quasar is an extremely bright and distant object powered by a supermassive black hole eating matter at a galaxy's center.

SCORPIO: Scorpius (or Scorpio) is a constellation shaped like a scorpion with the bright red star Antares as its heart.

PLUTO: Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006 because it hasn't cleared other objects from its orbit.

GALACTIC: Galactic means relating to or coming from a galaxy, like our home the Milky Way galaxy.

STAR: Stars are massive balls of hot gas that create light and heat by fusing hydrogen into helium.

SPACESHIP: A spaceship is a vehicle designed to carry astronauts, equipment, and supplies through the vacuum of space.

ASTRONAUT: Astronauts train for years to live and work in space's zero-gravity environment.