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Astronomy

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What is a nebula?   a huge massive cloud of gas and dust or its where new stars form  
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What is a nova?   When a star suddenly increases in brightness then in a few days or hours it then dims back to its original size  
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What is a binary star?   its where half of the stars in the  
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Which veiw of our system is a accepted today?   Geo  
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What two characteristics are used classify stars?   temperature and absolute  
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How do we know black holes could exist?   There are stars that orbit it  
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What is the first in a stars life cycle?   It forms a "Protstar" The first stage in a stars age  
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After #13 happens, what is the next stage in a stars life?   main squence  
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When giving brightness to a star, how big of a number do you give a very bright star?   they have the lowest number  
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When does a Neutron star form?   they occur after a supernova explation  
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When giving brightness to a star, how big of a number do you give a very dim star?   they have the highest number  
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how do we know black holes exixt?   There are stars that orbit the black hole  
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