Across
- 1. classified as a celestial body, obtaining radio waves, light waves and also radiate x-Rays
- 3. Who the first astronomer to identify other galaxies besides the Milky Way?
- 4. A term in which is used to identify objects in space
- 6. The theory that the universe was formed in a single explosion which formed all the galaxies
- 7. an idea used to account for a situation or justify a course of action
- 8. a field of radioactive element
- 10. An invention that helped astronomers theory's
- 13. stands for "national aeronautics and space administration"
- 14. stands for "Cosmic backgrounds explorer"
- 15. a optical instrument that acts like a prism to separate light into its basic component colours.
- 16. the distance between every wave
- 17. As _____ expands, so do the waves of radiation as they travel from the distant galaxies.
Down
- 2. what is the term used for when describing how far away an object is in space?
- 3. energy that is carried, or radiated, in the form of waves.
- 5. a pattern of colours is called?
- 9. the Galaxy we live in
- 11. a cluster of stars and planets
- 12. Arno penzias was a ______ who
- 16. a spacecraft which measures the difference in temperatures of the cosmic microwaves background
