Across
- 2. objects natural object which is located outside Earth's atmosphere
- 4. An American astronomer instrumental in development of contemporary stellar constellation
- 5. measure of the level of ionizing radiation present in the environment at a particular location
- 6. anything that occupies space and has mass
- 7. an increase or decrease in the frequency of sound,light,or other waves
- 9. nature of something's ingredients or constituents
- 12. displacement of spectrallines towards longer wavelengths
- 13. atomic number greater than 92
- 14. an optical instrument used to observe distant objects
- 15. something that is accepted as true without proof
- 16. origin and development of the universe
- 17. proved objects were actually galaxies
- 22. contains our solar system
- 23. theory an explanation of an aspect of the natural world that can be repeatedly tested and verified
- 26. force by which a planet or other body draws objects towards its center
- 27. first person to walk on the moon
Down
- 1. two or more atomic nuclei formed
- 3. Danish chemist and astronomer
- 8. instrument used to measure properties of light over a specific portion of the elctromagnetic spectrum
- 10. cosmological model of the observable universe
- 11. spherical region of universe comprising all matter observed from Earth
- 18. theory of exponential expansion of space in the early universe
- 19. used to distinguish the physical matter of the universe
- 20. where all the stars and everything are
- 21. self-contradictory statement or proposition that when investigated or explained may prove to be well founded or true
- 23. large group of smaller galaxy clusters
- 24. lowest temperature
- 25. a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction