Space Vocab

4. The remains of a smaller dead star that no longer performs fusion.
5. The hyper-dense remains of a large dead star where protons and electrons have collapsed into each other.
6. A cloud of gas and dust in space.
7. The force pulling all objects with mass towards each other.
9. A mass of gas and space dust that undergoes fusion.
11. When objects moving away from us look more red.
12. The remains of a dead star with gravity so strong, not even light can escape.
13. A huge collection of stars that orbit a central point.

1. The process of two atoms becoming one, larger atom.
2. The graph that astronomers use to classify and understand different stars.
3. An object in space that is spherical, orbits a star, and has no other similarly sized object in its orbit.
8. The study of space and the things in it.
10. The theory stating that the universe started from a tiny speck of mass before exploding.