Vocabulary Words

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Across
  1. 3. a star that suddenly becomes brighter
  2. 8. Nebula cloudy remnants of smaller stars that have shed their outer layers of gas
  3. 9. Sequence location on the H-R diagram where most stars lie
  4. 12. a large cloud of dust and dust in interstellar space
  5. 13. Flare an explosive release of energy that comes from the sun and that is associated
  6. 15. a star that has such a tremendous explosion that it blows itself apart
Down
  1. 1. a large celestial body that is composed of gas and that emits light
  2. 2. Mass Ejection coronal gas that is thrown into space from the sun
  3. 4. a very large star that is even brighter than a giant
  4. 5. Hole on object so massive and dense that even light cannot escape its gravity
  5. 6. Giant a very large and bright star
  6. 7. dwarf a small, hot dim star that is the leftover center
  7. 10. a rapidly spinning neutron star that emits pulses of radio and optical energy
  8. 11. a dark area of the photosphere of the sun that is cooler than the surrounding areas
  9. 14. Star a star that collapsed under gravity