Astronomy crossword puzzle
Across
- 5. Famous for its ring system
- 6. The dense core left after a supernova of a high mass star
- 10. A rotating neutron star emitting beams of radiation
- 11. The farthest planet from the Sun
- 12. A burst of energy as a star starts fusing helium
- 15. A massive stars phase before a supernova
- 18. The only planet known to support life
- 19. Material spiraling into a black hole or neutron star
- 21. A phase where a star expands as it runs out of hydrogen
Down
- 1. The largest planet in the solar system
- 2. The birthplace of stars a cloud of gas and dust
- 3. A region of space where gravity is so strong that nothing escapes
- 4. The stable phase in a stars life where it fuses hydrogen
- 7. The boundary around a black hole where nothing can escape
- 8. A powerful explosion marking the death of a high mass star
- 9. The small dense remnant of a low mass star
- 10. A young star
- 13. A planet that rotates on its side
- 14. The process by which stars produce energy by fusing atoms
- 16. Known as Earths sister planet
- 17. The smallest planet and closest to the Sun
- 20. Known as the Red Planet