Astronomy Crossword!

2. The plural form of nova. When a white dwarf star and a companion star get close enough that the white dwarf takes some of the companion star's matter.
3. Located on in the atmosphere of Jupiter that controls the weather of Jupiter.
7. A rare event where the core of a massive star implodes forming either a black hole or a neutron star.
8. Proved what was thought to be gas and dust was in fact galaxies outside of the milky way. He developed Hubble’s law by studying the redshift from which he developed the constant rate of the universal expansion.
9. emits energy as electromagnet waves traveling through space or medium.
10. A large level of star formation by coming close to or colliding with another galaxy.
12. Life forms that are able to withstand extreme conditions.
15. the basic social time unit based on where the sun is positioned throughout the day during the rotation period.
16. Thought to have been the large continent 200-300 million years ago. Split apart to form smaller continents.
17. This woman is known for coming up with the standard we still use today to classify the stars. She has recored, classified, and catalogued hundreds and thousands of stars.
18. Considered the beginning of the universe. the point believed to be where all matter was created.
19. Observes the light we can also see with out naked eye.

1. The layer of the sun's atmosphere where the visible light first appears.
4. A small circle in which the center moves along the outside of the larger circle.
5. An astronomical object that never grows beyond a protostar stage. They can vary in size between a large planet and a small star.
6. As the moon moves closer to the planet, tidal force is applied. This distance is where the planets moon is destroyed.
11. Dense and rocky planets on the interior of the solar system.
13. Looking at the stars during different times of the year allows us to measure the distant to the nearest stars. It is determined by looking and comparing photographs of the two ends of the baseline.
14. The cycle in which carbon moves through the atmosphere. Water absorbs the carbon and it dissolves and the plate tectonics release carbon back into the atmosphere.