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- 1. is a chemical element with chemical symbol H
- 4. which law of thermodynamics does the big bang theory violate?
- 6. what is the second lightest element?
- 8. is an astronomical object orbiting a star
- 12. is the prevailing cosmological model for the universe from the earliest known periods through its subsequent large-scale evolution
- 14. formed from the collapsing gases
- 15. is more properly known as the cosmic microwave background (CMB)
- 16. nothing can travel than the speed of _____
- 18. is all of time and space and its content
- 19. is the antiparticle or the antimatter counterpart of the electron
- 20. who patterned the model to the general gravity theory
Down
- 2. is an interstellar cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium and other ionized gases
- 3. is a natural phenomenon
- 5. areas of intense gravitational pressure
- 7. is the generic term for the hypothetical physical processes that produced an asymmetry (imbalance) between baryons and antibaryons
- 9. the last name of the person who coined the "big bang"
- 10. is defined as "total destruction" or "complete obliteration" of an object
- 11. at the center of the blackhole
- 13. name given to when the universe will collapse in on itself
- 17. was an english astronomer noted primarily for the theory of stellar nucleosynthesis, but also for his often controversial stances on other scientific matters—in particular his rejection of the "Big Bang"