Across
- 4. ours has 8 planets and was formed around 4.6 billion years ago
- 6. The constant flow of particles streaming out of the sun's surface in all directions
- 7. Outermost layer of the sun
- 8. A layer of the sun that has a red cast to it
- 10. a cloud of dust, hydrogen, helium, and other ionized gases
- 11. A region in space where gravity is so strong nothing can escape
- 13. Ursa Major and the Big Dipper are examples of one
- 16. An extremely powerful kind of flare
- 19. Objects we can see in the sky
- 20. When the Earth, sun, and moon are aligned with the moon in the middle
- 26. When the total hours of daylight equals the total hours of darkness
- 28. Any observable occurrence relating to astronomy
- 32. when a huge star explodes its called a...
- 35. Across a star's band of colour appears a series of dark lines
- 36. our closest one is called Centauri
- 37. Edwin Hubble was a famous one. He observed galaxies beyond the Milky Way
- 39. Mars, Jupiter, and Earth are examples of one
- 41. Uranus's is tilted causing it to look like it's rolling
- 42. Adhi Kot, Abee, and Arroyo Aguiar are examples of these
- 44. equals the average distance between the sun & the Earth
- 45. A region of the sun's surface that is cooler than the surrounding areas
Down
- 1. Considered to be the boundary between the inside & outside of the sun
- 2. A star in it's first phase of formation
- 3. An eruption on the sun's surface that can cause electromagnetic disturbances on Earth
- 5. We have one in our galaxy between Mars and Jupiter
- 9. An optical instrument that separates light into its spectral colours
- 12. The universe formed when an infinitely dense point suddenly & rapidly expanded in a single moment
- 14. The Northern Lights
- 15. this is the cause of our seasons
- 17. Light is a form of energy that travels in waves, this kind of energy is also called...
- 18. The study of the universe & the objects in it
- 21. Our closest star is 4.37...
- 22. Andromeda is one and it is also a the name of a cinema
- 23. When the Earth, sun, and moon are aligned with the Earth in the middle
- 24. Sirius is part of one
- 25. Dec 21, Shortest day
- 27. Earth's is 149.60 million km
- 29. Is the rainbow band of colours into which light separates when it passes through a prism
- 30. June 21, Longest day
- 31. A celestial body that orbits a planet
- 33. Matter in the universe that is invisible
- 34. Gravitational forces that act on a mass are greatly reduced
- 38. Halley, Meyer, and kracht are some types of these
- 40. a large (often curved) bright stream of particles extending outward from the photosphere into the corona
- 43. Recognizable star patterns within a larger constellation are known as...