Across
- 4. An explosion so violent that the dying star becomes more brilliant than an entire galaxy.
- 6. giants Very bright stars at the upper right of the H-R diagram.
- 7. lines A set of dark lines that show where light has been absorbed.
- 8. A spinning neutron star that appears to give off strong pulses of radio waves.
- 10. An object whose surface gravity is so great that even electromagnetic waves, at the speed of light, can't escape it.
- 12. A large cloud of gas and dust spread out over a large volume of space.
Down
- 1. dwarf Below the main sequence in the lower part of the H-R diagram.
- 2. A star system with two stars.
- 3. Found just below the super giants in the H-R diagram.
- 5. The innermost layer of the sun's atmosphere.
- 9. The outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere.
- 11. How bright a star really is.