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Across
- 3. Hypothesis suggesting that life exists throughout the universe, distributed by space dust, meteoroids, or other mechanisms.
- 4. Surname of the astrophysicist who developed the limit for white dwarf stars, winning the Nobel Prize in 1983
- 8. Electromagnetic radiation emitted when charged particles are accelerated radially.( measured with this device)
- 10. An extremely energetic supernova explosion."
- 11. The physical process responsible for the imbalance between matter and antimatter in the universe.
- 13. Property of being identical in all directions, crucial in cosmological models describing the universe.
- 14. The apparent path of the Sun across the sky over the course of a year.
- 15. Hypothetical elementary particle that mediates the force of gravity in quantum field theory.
Down
- 1. The effect observed when the frequency of light or sound changes due to the motion of the source or observer.
- 2. The process of creating new atomic nuclei from pre-existing nucleons.
- 5. Alignment of three celestial bodies in a straight line, often occurring during eclipses.
- 6. A prominent red supergiant star in the constellation Orion, known for its variable brightness and eventual fate as a supernova
- 7. Technique of combining light from multiple telescopes to achieve higher resolution observations.
- 9. The effect where the position of an object appears different when viewed from different angles, used to measure stellar distances
- 12. The angle between an object's rotational axis and its orbital axis, affecting its seasons.