Stars and Galaxies Word Search
Play a Stars and Galaxies word search free online. We built the 12-word list around the terms and ideas of a school subject, then scattered it across a 15×15 grid — horizontal, vertical and diagonal. Find them all to clear the board.
Words to find: NEBULA, GALAXY, SUPERNOVA, QUASAR, COMA, ORBIT, PLANET, STAR, CLUSTER, COSMOS, ECLIPSE, MILKYWAY.
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Stars and Galaxies word list, defined
- NEBULA /ˈnɛb.jə.lə/ · noun
- A diffuse cloud or mass of interstellar gas and dust, which may emit, absorb, or reflect light. Related: interstellar cloud, cosmic cloud, gaseous cloud, diffuse cloud.
- GALAXY /ˈɡæləksi/ · noun
- A vast system of stars, gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity, typically containing millions to trillions of stars. More figuratively, it denotes a large, distinguished assemblage of people or things. Related: star system, nebula, constellation, cluster.
- SUPERNOVA /ˌsuːpənəʊvə/ (British); /ˌsuːpərnoʊvə/ (US) · noun
- An exceptionally energetic and luminous stellar explosion that occurs when a massive star undergoes gravitational collapse or when a white dwarf in a binary system accrets matter and reaches a critical mass. The term is also applied to exceptionally powerful explosions associated with other astronomical objects. Related: stellar explosion, stellar catastrophe, nova.
- QUASAR /ˈkweɪzɑːr/ (US); /ˈkweɪzɑː/ (UK) · noun
- A quasar is a very luminous, distant active galactic nucleus powered by matter falling into a supermassive black hole. Quasars are among the most powerful energy sources known and can be observed across most of the observable universe. Related: quasi-stellar radio source, quasi-stellar object, quasi-star.
- COMA /ˈkoʊmə/ · noun
- A prolonged state of deep unconsciousness in which a person cannot be awakened and does not respond normally to stimuli, usually caused by severe injury, illness, or metabolic disturbance.
- ORBIT /ˈɔːbɪt/ · noun; verb
- As a noun, an orbit is the curved path of an object moving around a star, planet, or other body, as well as a sphere of influence or activity. As a verb, to orbit means to move in a curved path around something, or to remain close to or within a particular sphere of influence. Related: path, trajectory, course, sphere.
- PLANET /ˈplænɪt/ · noun
- A planet is a large, nearly spherical body in space that travels in an orbit around a star and does not produce its own visible light. In the Solar System, the eight recognized planets are Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune. Related: world.
- STAR /stɑːr/ · noun, verb, adjective
- A star is a celestial body that produces its own light and heat, especially one visible in the night sky. By extension, the word denotes a leading performer, a famous or exceptionally successful person, a star-shaped mark, and an object or figure regarded as exceptionally distinguished. Related: celebrity, luminary, performer, asterisk.
- CLUSTER /ˈklʌstər/ · noun, verb
- A group of similar things or people positioned or occurring closely together; as a verb, to gather or form such a close group. Related: group, bunch, clump, knot.
- COSMOS /ˈkɒzmɒs/ (UK); /ˈkɑːzmoʊs/ (US) · noun
- The universe seen as a well-ordered, harmonious whole. More broadly, any complex and orderly system. Related: universe, creation, macrocosm, nature.
- ECLIPSE /ɪˈklɪps/ · noun, verb
- An obscuring of the light from one celestial body by the passage of another between it and the observer or between it and its source of illumination. As a verb, to eclipse means to surpass, outshine, or deprive of significance. Related: overshadow, outshine, surpass, obscure.
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