Space Review

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Across
  1. 2. Our galaxy
  2. 4. A "cool" colour of star
  3. 6. What AU stands for
  4. 9. The furthest planet from the sun
  5. 10. The 'death' of a star resulting in a neutron star or black hole
  6. 12. The epoch during which stars and galaxies formed
  7. 13. Incredibly small subatomic particles that make up protons and neutrons
  8. 16. The innermost part of any star
  9. 17. an object whose gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape
  10. 18. An alternative theory to the Big Bang
  11. 19. Separates the inner and outer planets
  12. 22. A measure of distance that describes how long it takes light from an object to reach where we are now
  13. 23. Happens at 10 million degrees Celsius
  14. 24. A huge collection of gas, dust, and billions of stars and their solar systems, all held together by gravity
Down
  1. 1. When half the moon is illuminated, we call it the first or third this
  2. 3. The closest planet to the sun
  3. 5. Another name for the inner planets
  4. 7. Most commonly accepted theory on the formation of the solar system
  5. 8. CME, or...
  6. 11. One of these is the distance between Earth and the sun
  7. 14. A natural, rocky satellite orbiting a planet
  8. 15. Another name for the outer planets
  9. 18. A part of Earth's atmosphere that absorbs the sun's radiation
  10. 20. The least common type of galaxy
  11. 21. The main factor in determining what will happen to a star after it 'dies'