Across
- 1. Light cannot escape its intense gravitational pull.
- 5. Gravity pulls particles together and energy is converted to heat.
- 6. A galaxy with no particular shape, rich in gas and dust.
- 8. A star's true brightness.
- 10. Fusion occurs during this stage, 90% of all stars in an H-R diagram are in this stage.
- 12. Interstellar dust and gases such as hydrogen, helium and heavy elements.
- 15. A cloud of gas which forms when Helium fuses to Carbon.
- 17. A dead star.
- 18. A massive, relatively cool star and expands and contracts and make heavy elements up to Iron.
Down
- 2. A galaxy with the shape of a sphere to a disk, most common type of galaxy.
- 3. A galaxy with flattened arms and a bar through the center.
- 4. A hot dense core that shines for billions of years.
- 7. When massive stars terminate in a brilliant explosion.
- 9. Brighter than a main sequence star, happens when about 20% of Hydrogen fuses into Helium.
- 11. A pinwheel galaxy with a nucleus of bright stars.
- 13. Affected by a star that's further away.
- 14. A star is born when this begins.
- 16. A super dense ball of neutrons with relatively low mass.