Across
- 3. the force that resists motion
- 6. a star system containing millions to billions of stars
- 8. the distance light travels in one year
- 10. wind, particles of gas that escape into space at high speed
- 11. an area containing no air or any other matter
- 13. brigtest star in the night sky
- 14. a group of stars that
- 17. closest star to earth
- 18. the hottest region of the sun, central part
- 19. prominences, huge loops of cooler gas that erupt thousands of miles from the chromosphere
- 20. large clouds of gas and dust floating in space
Down
- 1. the sun's visible surface is called this
- 2. the actual brightness of a star
- 4. hottest region of the sun, looks like a haze around the sun
- 5. Way, the galaxy in which we live
- 7. the apparent brightness of a star as seen from earth
- 9. visible patches or darker spots that slowly move across the face of the sun
- 12. the study of stars, planets, and all other heavenly bodies
- 15. actual explosion of a star
- 16. two stars that circle around each other
