Across
- 2. An average star that shrinks turns into this
- 4. A cloud of dust and gas
- 5. This shows how quickly galaxies are moving away from each other
- 8. A measure of the luminosity of a star
- 11. A large star that shrinks turns into this
- 13. A star so dense light cannot escape it due to its gravity
- 14. The distance light travels in one year
- 16. An outburst of light that occurs in areas of sunspot activity
- 19. The outer layer of the sun's atmosphere, this part of the sun has a very low density and can be seen only during a solar eclipse
Down
- 1. Theory The widely accepted scientific theory that states 13-15 billion years ago, all matter and energy was compressed into a single dense point, and that this point exploded to create a continuously expanding universe
- 3. This is the second most dense object in the universe
- 6. A small, cool, and dark area located on the photosphere of the sun that follows an eleven-year cycle
- 7. star From a nova, a star turns into this
- 8. A measure of how luminous or bright a star appears to be from earth
- 9. How bright something is
- 10. The distance between the Earth and the sun; much smaller than a light year
- 12. This is the force that prevents the energy the sun generates through fusion reaction from causing the sun to explode
- 15. A system containing millions of stars that orbit a common mass and travel as one unit
- 17. A nuclear reaction that releases a lot of energy as hydrogen turns into helium
- 18. From a red giant, a star becomes this