Across
- 2. a group of stars that appears to form a pattern or picture
- 3. a tar showing a sudden large increase in brightness and then slowly returning to its original state over a few months
- 6. a powerful and luminous explosion of a star.
- 9. dark matter is particles that do not absorb, reflect or emit light.
- 10. the galaxy that holds or solar system.
- 13. a fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun
- 14. a system of millions or billions of stars, together with gas and dust, held together by gravitational attraction
- 16. the natural satellite of the earth, visible at night by reflected light from the sun
- 18. a planet outside the solar system or untethered to any star.
- 21. a celestial object that consists of ice and dust moving through space.
- 22. the big bang is the rapid expansion of matter
- 23. a celestial body resembling a small planet but lacking certain technical criteria that are required for it to be classed as such
- 24. matter that is composed of antiparticles.
Down
- 1. celestial body in space that orbits around a larger body
- 4. a rounded astronomical body that is neither a star nor a remnant of one.
- 5. a region of space where gravity is so strong that no particles or even electromagnetic radiation such as light can escape from it
- 7. a celestial object, thought to be a rapidly rotating neutron star, that emits regular pulses of radio waves and other electromagnetic radiation at rates of up to one thousand pulses per second
- 8. is a gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit.
- 11. a small very dense star that is typically the size of a planet.
- 12. an extremely luminous active galactic nucleus, powered by a supermassive black hole.
- 15. a minor planet of the inner solar system
- 17. a prominent luminescent part of an interstellar medium.
- 19. a large planet of low density consisting of mostly hydrogen and helium.
- 20. a small body of matter from outer space that enters the earth's atmosphere,
