The Sun & Stars
Across
- 7. The closest neighboring star system.
- 9. The energy that shoots out from the sun, in the forms of heat & light.
- 12. The largest star by diameter...just under 2,000 solar radii
- 13. A red supergiant, located in Orion constellation. It may supernova soon.
- 16. One who studies space & the stars.
- 19. Our sun is this type of star.
- 21. The color of the sky.
- 22. The only star in our solar system.
- 24. Closest stellar nursery.
- 25. It lights the Earth, but does not produce the light, only reflects it.
Down
- 1. The brightest star in our sky.
- 2. A soup of ionized atoms.
- 3. The root word that means "light".
- 4. The Greek word part for "sun".
- 5. The pattern of the sun's maximums & minimums of sunspots.
- 6. An instrument used to see stars better (bigger).
- 8. Greek for "equal to Mars" because it also appears red.
- 10. A catastrophic explosion of a dying star.
- 11. The galaxy our sun & solar system is in.
- 14. The outermost layer of the sun's atomosphere.
- 15. An interstellar cloud of gas & dust.
- 17. The Latin word part for "sun".
- 18. The most massive star, R136a1, is in this nebula.
- 20. When hydrogen atoms COMBINE to form helium atoms at the core.
- 23. The Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram categorizes stars based on their...