Universe

5. – A small piece of rock or metal from space that burns up in Earth’s atmosphere (a “shooting star”).
7. – A sudden brightening of a star caused by a nuclear explosion on its surface.
8. – A region in space with gravity so strong that not even light can escape.
10. – A massive, luminous sphere of plasma (like our Sun).
11. – The galaxy that contains our solar system.
12. – A meteor that survives its fall and lands on Earth.

1. – A large object orbiting a star (like Earth, Mars, Jupiter, etc.).
2. – A powerful explosion marking the death of a massive star.
3. – An extremely bright and distant object powered by a supermassive black hole at the centre of a galaxy.
4. – A cloud of gas and dust in space; can be a birthplace of stars or the remnants of dead ones.
6. – A vast system of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity.
9. – A rotating neutron star that emits regular pulses of radio waves.