Our Place in Space
Across
- 3. The brightness of a star as it appears from Earth
- 5. The unit used to measure distance in space
- 6. A formation of stars in the night sky
- 7. The process by which hydrogen turns into helium
- 10. Ejection of matter at the end of a medium-sized star's life
- 11. A cloud of dust and gas in space that forms a star
- 12. What our sun will become once all the hydrogen is gone
- 13. Theory that proposes the universe is constant
- 14. Main gas that stars are composed of
- 16. The angle around from due North
- 17. Our sun will become this once fusion has finished
- 18. Final stage of a supermassive star's life
- 20. Theory that proposes the universe is expanding
Down
- 1. Gas and dust condenses into this prior to star formation
- 2. Very hot, short lived star
- 3. The actual brightness of a star
- 4. Angle above the horizon
- 8. The imaginary central point in the night sky that the stars appear to rotate around
- 9. Explosion at the end of a massive star's life
- 15. Provides evidence that the universe is expanding
- 19. The path that the sun, moon and planets take across the sky