Stars Vocabulary

5. A small, dense star that remains after a red giant sheds its outer layers
7. The center of an atom
9. stars that are stably undergoing nuclear fusion of hydrogen into helium.
10. when a star explodes, at the end of its life, ejecting most of its mass into outer space
11. A dense core left behind after a supernova

1. are baby stars
2. a cloud of dust and gas where stars are born
3. when a star explodes at the end of its life
4. A large, luminous star in the late stages of its life after exhausting hydrogen in its core
6. an area in space that has such a high gravitational pull that nothing, not even light, is able to escape
8. when two light nuclei fuse to form a heavier nucleus