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