Matching Pairs StarsOnline version Vocabulary by Davina Faries 1 Blue giant 2 Planetary nebula 3 White dwarf 4 main sequence 5 Stellar Nebula 6 Nebula 7 Protostar 8 Black Hole 9 Red giant 10 Supernova 11 Neutron star 12 Black dwarf A white dwarf that has burnt out completely. large cloud of dust and gas in space A small, hot, dim star that is the leftover center of an old star a ring-shaped nebula formed by an expanding shell of gas around an aging star. A star that expands and cools once it runs out of hydrogen fuel Brilliant burst of light that follows the collapse of the iron core and explosion of a massive star A contracting cloud of gas and dust; the earliest stage of a star's life a diagonal area on an H-R diagram that includes more than 90 percent of all stars is a region of space within which the force of gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. a large mass of collapsing gas and dust located in the universe that forms stars and planets A large, bright, extremely hot star The small dense remains of a high mass star after a super nova