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- 6. Discovered from persistent noise in Jocelyn Bell's data which are rapidly spinning neutron stars
- 8. A young astronomer who coined the term "brown dwarf"
- 9. These discs can be seen inside the Orion Nebula and may indicate the birth of solar systems like our own
- 11. The material inside a Neutron Star that is immensely dense
- 12. This element tends to glow green with just a hint of blue
- 15. This element emits light mostly in the red spectrum of light and is a main fuel source of Stars
- 16. Dust particles ____ the light emitted from stars inside a nebula, allowing some light to pass through and other light to be thrown in random directions
- 17. The Pillars of _____ are located within the Eagle Nebula and have three spires formed where stars are being born
- 19. Nebula is Latin for ___, which is exactly what a planetary nebula is
- 20. Electron and Neutron _____ is a pressure exerted when electrons and neutrons are pushed together
- 21. Neutron stars with magnetic fields over one QUADRILLION times stronger than the Sun's
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- 1. This nebula (___-68) is about half a lightyear across and appears as a black void
- 2. These form from the deaths of main sequence stars around the size of our Sun
- 3. If a star has less than 0.4x the mass of our Sun, they can survive for up to six ____ years
- 4. Much like Earthquakes, but occur on a star
- 5. These occur when main sequence stars with a mass four times greater than our Sun die.
- 7. Or the North Star, is the brightest star in the night sky
- 10. These forms of cameras allow us to see light waves that our normal eyes can't see - wavelengths lower than red light
- 13. The Planetary Nebula surround the ____, which is the core of the star left behind after death
- 14. The four stars that light up the entire Orion Nebula are referred to as the ___
- 18. Low mass stars don't have the heat needed to fuse ____
