Galaxies and Cosmology
Across
- 3. Large flattened area around the center of a spiral galaxy.
- 4. The name of our galaxy.
- 5. Bulkier and brighter center area of a spiral galaxy.
- 8. Type of galaxy with no distinguishable features or specific shape. Most are small in size.
- 11. - Theory that the universe somehow wraps itself in all directions.
- 12. The most common type of galaxy. Have a wide and flat rotating disk with a central bulge.
- 13. Type of galaxy with a circular or oval shape. Some are nearly spherical, while others are more elongated.
Down
- 1. The idea that all the galaxies came from a singularity that released all time, space and matter.
- 2. - Part of the universe that we can actually see. Some 46 billion light years in all directions.
- 3. Sections in the observable universe where galaxies are more closely concentrated.
- 6. - Type of galaxy with a stretched galactic bulge that connect to two large arms on the galactic disk.
- 7. Much greater for galaxies further away as noted by Hubble.
- 9. Theory that the universe expands forever in all directions to infinity.
- 10. - Theory that proposes that the universe will end by collapsing in on itself back to a singularity.