A medium difficulty astronomy crossword featuring key terms related to stars, planets, and cosmic events.
Celestial Mechanics and Stellar Enigmas
Challenging puzzle for experienced crossword solvers
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- 1. Highly magnetized neutron star, source of intense X-rays and gamma rays
- 2. Unit derived from stellar parallax used to measure vast distances
- 3. Interstellar cloud of dust and gas, often a stellar nursery
- 4. Study of the universe's origin, structure, and ultimate fate
- 6. Instrument dissecting light to reveal compositional fingerprints
- 11. Occasion when day and night equalize globally twice a year
- 12. Small rocky body primarily in the main belt between Mars and Jupiter
- 13. Celestial alignment causing temporary obscuration of one body by another
- 14. Elementary particle representing a quantum of light
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- 5. Radius defining event horizon of a non-rotating black hole
- 7. Ecliptic constellations forming a band of astrological significance
- 8. Orbital point where a body rests furthest from the Sun
- 9. Energetic nucleus outshining its host galaxy, visible at cosmic distances
- 10. Evolved luminous star with expanded outer layers, precursor to planetary nebula
- 15. Theoretical particle postulated to travel faster than light
- 16. Hypothetical quantum particle mediating gravitational force
- 17. Pertaining to Earth’s natural satellite
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