Big Bang Theory
Across
- 3. a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction.
- 10. the interaction of electric currents or fields and magnetic fields.
- 12. nonluminous material that is postulated to exist in space and that could take any of several forms including weakly interacting particles
- 13. the displacement of spectral lines toward longer wavelengths in radiation from distant galaxies and celestial objects.
- 14. a theory of exponential expansion of space in the early universe.
- 15. a variable star having a regular cycle of brightness with a frequency related to its luminosity, so allowing estimation of its distance from the earth.
Down
- 1. the average density of matter required for the Universe to just halt its expansion, but only after an infinite time.
- 2. a region of space having a gravitational field so intense that no matter or radiation can escape.
- 4. any of the four basic forces—gravitational, electromagnetic, strong, and weak
- 5. Begins about 50,000 years after the Big Bang
- 6. the SI base unit of thermodynamic temperature
- 7. the effect whereby the position or direction of an object appears to differ when viewed from different positions
- 8. the state, fact, quality, or condition of being singular.
- 9. a change in frequency due to the Doppler effect.
- 11. the science of the origin and development of the universe