The Sun

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Across
  1. 2. The absence of matter; empty space
  2. 6. a combination of two or more atoms
  3. 8. the process of creating electrically charged atoms or molecules
  4. 10. a very narrow short-lived jet of gas shooting out from the chromosphere
  5. 11. An icy interplanetary body that, when heated by the sun as it enters the inner
  6. 12. The outermost layer of the sun's atmosphere
  7. 13. the lightest element
  8. 16. A mass of gaseous material large enough to trigger nuclear reactions to trigger nuclear reactions in its core
  9. 17. A sudden, short-lived burst of energy from the sun that can eject gas at high speeds
  10. 18. an old main-sequence star whose surface layers have expanded enormously
Down
  1. 1. when the moon covers the whole sun leaving only the corona visible
  2. 3. the heating of the planets atmosphere by the absorption of heat radiated from its surface
  3. 4. the second lightest element
  4. 5. A shape like a flattened circle or oval
  5. 6. Any body orbiting around a planet
  6. 7. An electrically charged atom or molecule
  7. 9. A rocky or metallic interplanetary body
  8. 12. The densest inner region of a star,planet, or other object
  9. 14. A star smaller than the average size
  10. 15. An event when the shadow of one body falls onto another