Across
- 3. the zone of the sun and stars where matter cycles from the surface to the core
- 4. the theory that time, space, and matter start as a hot dense bubble of air that explode and expand to create the universe
- 10. a shape a cluster of stars make up
- 12. the gas that is burning at the center of the Sun and stars
- 13. when a massive star collapses and is pulling everything towards the center, even light
- 14. the dark, cool patches on the sun
- 15. our solar system is a part of this galaxy
- 16. a ball of gas that gives off heat and light
- 17. the process that takes place within a star to generate energy by combining hydrogen atom nuclei
- 18. as objects in space move away from each other the wavelength of light becomes stretched
- 19. the name for the surface of the sun and stars
- 20. the distance light can travel in one calendar year
- 21. the zone of the sun and stars where heat pushes outward
- 22. the brightest star
- 24. the sun will burn up the first few planets when it turns into this
Down
- 1. the time it takes for light to reach us from the sun
- 2. the colorful display in the sky from the Sun's energy coming too close to Earth
- 3. left over radiation floating around space left over from the Big Bang
- 5. the first two elements created from the Big Bang
- 6. the outermost glowing atmosphere of the sun and stars
- 7. the bursts of gas coming off the Sun's surface
- 8. a diagram that maps the temperature, luminosity, and size of stars
- 9. the 8 planets and the Sun make up this
- 11. a cloud of colorful dust where a star is born
- 23. this is the zone of the sun and stars where hydrogen is burned.
