Space Science
Across
- 3. the telescope and scientist who worked on evidence for the big bang
- 6. a huge collection of stars
- 8. the big bag theory can be though of as a massive _______ followed by rapid expansion
- 10. the name of the galaxy our solar system belongs to (2 words with a space)
- 11. the kind of star our sun is (2 words with a space)
- 15. the only planet known to support life
- 16. evidence from distant galaxies as they move away from us that supports the big bang theory
- 18. a planet that belong to planetary systems beyond the solar system are known as
- 19. the largest planet in our solar system
- 20. the system earth belongs to
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- 1. a _______ system is a star orbited by one or more planets
- 2. the type or shape of the milky way galaxy
- 4. the universe consists of more than 100 _________ galaxies
- 5. the universe was born _________ point seven billion years ago
- 7. this kind of background radiation is a remnant of the big bang and exists still today as evidence that supports it
- 9. an immensely powerful object at the center of our galaxy (2 words with a space)
- 12. the term given to an explosion of a star at the end of its life
- 13. there is evidence that supports the universe is not only still expanding but at a ________ rate
- 14. the theory that explains the origins of the universe (2 words with a space)
- 17. the closest planet to our sun