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Science Vocab. Stars
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Question | Answer |
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a distance light travels in one year, which is about 9.5 trillion kilometers | light-year |
the apparent shift in the position of an object when viewed from different locations | parallax |
a cloud of gas and dust in space | nebula |
the stage in which stars produce energy through the fushion of hydrogen into helium | main sequence |
a dense core that may be left behindafter a higher-mass star explodes in a supernove | neutron star |
the final stage of an extremely massive star, which is invisible because its gravity prevents any form of radiation from escaping | black hole |