STARS
Across
- 4. billions of years fusing hydrogen to helium
- 8. two known sets of fusion reactions by which stars convert hydrogen to helium
- 9. A star showing a sudden large increase in brightness and thenslowly returning to its original state over a few months
- 12. neutrons are packed so densely they can not occupy the same quantum state
- 13. A ring shaped nebula formed by an expanding shell of gas around an aging star
- 14. physical property of a spinning system such that its spin remains constant
Down
- 1. White dwarfs, neutron stars, and black holes
- 2. A very small dense star that is typically the size of a planet
- 3. The maximum mass of a stable white dwarf star
- 5. rapid collapse and violent explosion
- 6. A neutron star with an extremely strong magnetic field
- 7. Positional numeral system that uses only two symbols, 0 and 1, to represent numbers
- 10. what prevents white dwarfs from collapsing
- 11. neutron stars that has two bright lights