Across
- 2. cold clouds of gas and dust known as the birth place of stars.
- 4. this dust will eventually make other stars and planets after a supergiant star explodes.
- 7. small stars live for more than 10 ____ years.
Down
- 1. the supernova will quickly fade, and all that is left is a ______.
- 3. elements such as oxygen, carbon, and iron make up a _____, and are scattered through space.
- 4. at the end of their short lives, the biggest stars blow themselves apart in a huge _____ explosion.
- 5. after puffing off its outer layers of gas, the star collapses to form a very dense white _____.
- 6. also known as the "red giant".
