Across
- 1. what gave origin to the universe
- 5. occurs when the earth blocks the sunlight from reaching the moon
- 7. very dense planet closest one to the sun
- 8. force that keeps us in the ground
- 11. number of stars found in the milky way
- 12. a collection of stars agglomerated
- 13. protects the earth from solar winds
- 15. the atom that gave origin to the universe
- 16. collections of stars, dust, gas. usually orbiting a super massiveblackhole
- 18. galaxy our star is located
- 20. matter in space that doesn't interact with light nor gravity
- 23. phenomenon makes it clear to see the corona
- 25. measurement equivalent to the distance from the earth to the sun
- 27. measurement used for distances in space
- 28. nearest star to the sun
- 29. theory explaining the origin of the universe
- 31. when the plasma explosion is too big for the sun's magnetic field, and gets thrown into space
- 32. earth's movement resulting day and night
- 33. place on a star where lighter elements fuse to create heavier elements
- 36. different theories explain how it came to orbit earth
- 37. telescope orbiting the earth giving us information of space
- 38. Located on the sun's surface indicate strong magnetic field
- 39. an opening to the 4D universe where the laws of physics don't apply
- 40. Hubble telescope named after this astronomer
- 44. Death of a high mass star
- 46. can come from a supernova if the star was < 40x the sun
- 48. only known planet containing life
- 50. HOT material found only inside stars
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- 2. type of galaxy with no define shape
- 3. biggest planet in the solar system
- 4. happens on the sun's surface when plasma is thrown into space but pulled back by the sun's gravity
- 6. black hole at the centre of our galaxy
- 9. this planet contains HUGE rings made up of dust and rocks
- 10. three nebulas close to each other that can be seen as pillars
- 12. located at the centre of most galaxies
- 14. large amounts of energy emitted by supermassive black holes
- 17. Takes the light 100 000 years to travel through
- 19. movement of earth around the sun
- 21. stereotypical type of galaxy
- 22. system containing 2 stars orbiting each other
- 24. result of a coronal mass ejection
- 26. theoretical planet that collided with earth billions of years ago creating the moon
- 30. collection of galaxies agglomerated together
- 31. red layer of the sun, only seen in solar eclipses
- 34. primal ingredient when creating stars
- 35. type of star cluster found above and below the centre of our galaxy
- 41. infinite gravity is there found
- 42. fastest speed allowed in the 3D universe
- 43. star which our planet orbits
- 45. closest galaxy to the milky way
- 47. everything that exists
- 49. giant clouds of dust left behind by a supernova