Astro Crosswords - Galaxies and the Universe

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  1. 6. This cosmic radiation is scattered all around the Universe, and it carries the energy dissipating after the Big Bang.
  2. 7. Spiral galaxy we can view head on, in the Canes Venatici constellation. Its name reminds us of the shape that can appear on the surface of a body of water
  3. 9. VLT (Very Large Telescope) spectrograph dedicated to the simultaneous study of hundreds of objects. Its name also corresponds to a British Rock band.
  4. 11. M33, this spiral galaxy received the name of the constellation it was located in, in the southern hemisphere. Its name also corresponds to a simple geometric shape.
  5. 12. Famous spiral galaxy with the shape of a Mexican hat
  6. 13. The branch of astronomy that studies the Universe as a whole
  7. 14. X-ray telescope with the name of a famous Indian-American astronomer
  8. 16. A common type of spiral galaxy, it gets its name from the big chunk of stars in its middle.
  9. 17. This phenomenon, associated with the Doppler effect, describes what happens to light emitted from distant galaxies
  10. 18. Previously a barred spiral galaxy, it now has a thin long tail. Located in the constellation of Dragon, it bears the name of a very young frog.
  11. 19. Located in the Ursa Major Constellation, this galaxy has a very active starburst nucleus. The best one is the Cuban.
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  1. 1. Matter and Energy, they are essential to our current models to explain the Universe.
  2. 2. This famous American astronomer was the first to discover that distant galaxies are moving away from us. The law describing their motion has his name, as well as the most famous space telescope.
  3. 3. Also known as M63, this galaxy has the same name as a plant that follows the star that illuminates our planet
  4. 4. M31, this galaxy nearly twice the size of our own Milky Way is set on a collision course over the next billion years.
  5. 5. Type of galaxy with a uniform shape. Its name also corresponds to the shape of Earth's orbit around the Sun.
  6. 8. The name of these extremely active galactic nuclei alludes to their quasi-stellar aspect.
  7. 10. Point where all known laws of physics break down. They exist at the center of every black hole, and one of these may have given origin to our Universe
  8. 15. Principle that tries to determine the probability of an observation of the Universe, given that our own existence is limited to a subset of all possible Universes
  9. 16. On the Virgo constellation, a pair of galaxies in the process of merging completely has the name of this pollinating insect.