Space Exploration Crossword

Group of stars that create a pattern that is reconizable
A mass of gas that is decreasing in size that represents the early age of formation of a star
a popular/famous pattern or group of stars, this group of stars is smaller than a consellation
star that has a mass of less than half the mass of the sun. The smallest, coolest and is orange, red or brown in colur. This type of star has a long life due to slow burning of hydrogen
a type of star that is about the same size as the sun and goes through a core helium burning phase
a celestial object with a small radius and very high density. Made of closely compacted neutrons and are formed from the remnants of a massive star after a supernova explosion
a place in space that has a very strong gravitational pull and nothing can escape it, not even light, and is caused by lots of matter being squeezed in to a tiny space
a collection of hundreds of billions of stars held together by gravity
everything that exists physically, including space, time and all forms of matter and energy
any objects we can see in the sky
the study of space, the universe and everything in the universe
a system of planets and celestial objects that orbit aroun the sun
a person that studies astronomy
a ball of plasma that shines bright because of nuclear fusion taking place in its core
a process in wiche the nuclei of atoms come together and form larger atoms
a type of energy that travels in waves
one of these is the average distance between earth and the sun and is used to measure distances in our solar system
a unit of distance that measures how far light travels in one year
a large disk of rock like celestial objects in our solar system located roughly between the orbits of mars and jupitar
an astronomical event that occurs during the last stages of a massive stars life
a large space cloud of dust, helium and other ionized gases
the theory of how the universe was created/started
a natural appearance of streamers of reddish, bluish or greenish light in the sky located usually near the north or south pole
spots that appear on the suns surface when that spot is a different temperature
a celestial body orbiting in an oval shape around a star or sun
a celestial object composed of ice and space dust
a small body of matter that enters the earths atmosphere and can create a streak of light often referred to as a shooting star
the visible part of the suns surface, it is not solid, it is a thin layer of 100km of gas compared to the suns radius of 700 000km
a layer of the sun above the photosphere that varies in temperature of 6000C to 20 000C and at higher temperatures it gives off a reddish colour
the word is latin and comes from the word "crown" and it is the plasma that surrounds the sun and other stars
a breif eruption of high energy radiation on the suns surface
the flow of particles that allow the solar system to work and for the planets to move
when the moon blocks the sun from earths view and creates a very bright glow
when the earth is blocking the suns light and causes the moon to be in its shadow and makes the moon dark or not visible from earth
the longest day and marks the beginning of summer in the northern hemisphere
the solstice that marks the biginning of winter in the northern hemisphere
happens twice a year when the sun crosses the celestial equator and when both day and night are of equal length
a man made artificial body placed in the orbit of earth or another planet or other celstial objects in order to collect information
the only planet with known life and made of 73% water