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nubulas | a large cloud of gas and dust in interstellar space a region in space where stars are born explode at the end of their lives |
solar nebula | a cloud of gas and dust that formed our solar system |
nuclear fusion | the combination of the nuclei of small atoms to form nucleus releases engery |
sunspot | a dark area of the photosphere of the sun that is cooler than the surrounding areas and that has a strong magnetic field |
crust | the thin layer and solid outermost layer of the earth above the mantle |
mantle | the layer of the rock between the earths crust and core |
core | the central part of the earth below the mantle |
rotation | the spin of a body on its axis |
orbit | the path that a body follows as it travels around another body in space |
revolution | the motion of a body that travels around another body in space one complete trip along an orbit. |