Earth and Space: SKA Lecture Crossword Puzzle
Across
- 3. location of the former largest radio telescope in the world
- 6. a hypothetical form of matter that makes up 85% of the known universe
- 7. a simple organic compound containing both a carboxyl (—COOH) and an amino (—NH2) group
- 8. a theoretical repulsive force that counteracts gravity
- 13. a telescope that specifically detects waves emitted when a hydrogen electron falls from the third lowest to the second lowest level
- 16. a rapidly rotating neutron star that emits pulses of radiation
- 17. increase in frequency and decrease in frequency as the source approaches or moves away from a point of reference, respectively
- 18. a region of space with such high gravity that no matter or radiation can escape
- 19. a group of stars that are gravitationally-bound
- 21. path of a body revolving around an attracting centre of mass
Down
- 1. a celestial body that orbits the sun with sufficient mass to assume hydro-static equilibrium
- 2. a branch of astronomy that studies the origin and evolution of the universe
- 4. the superposition of waves used to cause interference and extract information
- 5. an electromagnetic wave of a frequency between about 10^4 and 10^11 or 10^12 Hz
- 9. a superhero among computers/a very powerful computer
- 10. system of millions or billions of stars and gas and dust, held by a gravitational attraction
- 11. stretching of a wavelength such that it is shifted into the red spectrum
- 12. a period a few hundred million years after the Big Bang in which the first stars and galaxies began to from
- 14. a specialized antenna that receives radio waves
- 15. region where a force of magnetism acts
- 20. a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity