Science Vocabulary

4. : cosmic snowballs of mostly ice (frozen gases and rock)
5. Dwarfs : when a white dwarf runs out of fuel and dies
8. : earliest stage of a star’s life
10. : the star in the center of our solar system
11. : the planet with visible rings
12. : the blue planet
14. Way : the universe that we are in
16. : ball-shaped mass of super-heated gas that produces and gives off light, heat, and energy.
20. : occurs twice a year where the sun crosses the celestial equator
21. : groups of stars that look like recognizable objects

1. : how all stars start, is a large cloud of gas and dust
2. Hole : a region of spacetime where gravity is so strong that nothing can escape from it
3. : a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere
6. : outer most layer of the Sun
7. : a satellite that orbits the planet
9. : only planet where water exists
11. Eclipse : where the sun is obscured by the moon.
13. layers of gases that envelop a planet, held in place by gravity
15. : a collection of many billions of stars held together by gravity
17. : a powerful and luminous stellar explosion
18. : consists of everything that exists
19. : a small rocky body that orbits the Sun