Across
- 3. A _________ is when a heavy star explodes.
- 4. Large clusters of stars that orbit galaxies above and below their centers are known as ________ clusters.
- 5. When one star passes across another, it is known as an _______.
- 7. A ______ is a place where stars are born.
- 9. A star system where two or more stars orbit a center of mass is called a ______ star system.
- 10. ____ supergiants -- type O stars -- are the biggest, hottest, and brightest stars
Down
- 1. ________ stars appear to gradually change in brightness.
- 2. The common center of mass that a binary star orbits is known as the __________.
- 6. The closest star to earth is the ___.
- 8. After lower mass stars die, they become _____ dwarfs.
