Across
- 3. The _______ flash marks the sudden onset of ______ fusion in a red giant.
- 6. A protostar becomes a main sequence star once it begins carrying out the process of thermonuclear ______.
- 8. The birthplace of stars is called a ______; aka "stellar nursery."
- 9. The assembly of a _________ is the first step in stellar evolution.
- 10. The corpse of a high-mass star resembling an atomic nucleus.
- 11. As fusion continues in a high mass star, an ____ core will develop.
Down
- 1. A low-mass star will ultimately become a _________________.
- 2. If a star with a high enough mass were to die, gravitational collapse will ultimately turn it into a _____________.
- 4. The ____________ medium is the gas and dust that fills the space between stars in a galaxy.
- 5. Main Sequence stars carry out fusion using ________ as fuel.
- 7. The explosion of a high mass star is called a ___________.