Space Science

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Across
  1. 3. the telescope and scientist who worked on evidence for the big bang
  2. 6. a huge collection of stars
  3. 8. the big bag theory can be though of as a massive _______ followed by rapid expansion
  4. 10. the name of the galaxy our solar system belongs to (2 words with a space)
  5. 11. the kind of star our sun is (2 words with a space)
  6. 15. the only planet known to support life
  7. 16. evidence from distant galaxies as they move away from us that supports the big bang theory
  8. 18. a planet that belong to planetary systems beyond the solar system are known as
  9. 19. the largest planet in our solar system
  10. 20. the system earth belongs to
Down
  1. 1. a _______ system is a star orbited by one or more planets
  2. 2. the type or shape of the milky way galaxy
  3. 4. the universe consists of more than 100 _________ galaxies
  4. 5. the universe was born _________ point seven billion years ago
  5. 7. this kind of background radiation is a remnant of the big bang and exists still today as evidence that supports it
  6. 9. an immensely powerful object at the center of our galaxy (2 words with a space)
  7. 12. the term given to an explosion of a star at the end of its life
  8. 13. there is evidence that supports the universe is not only still expanding but at a ________ rate
  9. 14. the theory that explains the origins of the universe (2 words with a space)
  10. 17. the closest planet to our sun