The Universe
Across
- 1. large celestial body that is composed of gas and emits light
- 5. system collection of large and small bodies that orbit our central star, the sun
- 6. a gigantic explosion in which a high-mass star throws its outer layers into space
- 8. a spherical body that orbits the sun
- 9. dwarf the hot, dense core of matter that remains after the collapse of a low mass star
- 11. star a small, incredibly dense ball of closely packed neutrons
- 13. a large cloud of gas and dust
- 14. the distance that light travels through space in 1 year
Down
- 2. magnitude measure of how bright a star would be from a standard distance
- 3. diagram a graph that illustrates the temperature and brightness of stars
- 4. the actual brightness of a star
- 7. magnitude measure of a star's brightness as seen from Earth
- 10. space and all of the matter and energy in it
- 12. large collection of stars, gas, and dust that is held together by gravity