Astronomy
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| People who study objects in space | Astronomers
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| Objects found in space | Celestial bodies
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| Identified galaxies other than the Milky Way | Hubble
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| Energy that is radiated in the form of waves | Electromagnetic radiation
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| High energy waves | Gamma rays
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| Visible light creates this | Spectrum
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| Device used to separate light into it's component colours | Spectroscope
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| Longest electromagnetic wave | Radio wave
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| When spectral lines shift toward the red end of the spectra | Red shift
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| Main evidence supporting an expanding universe | Cosmological red shift
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| Theory describing the formation of the universe | Big Bang
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| Used to make a microwave radiation map of the universe | WMAP
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| Large cloud of dust and gas where stars form | Nebula
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| Galaxy that looks like a pinwheel | Spiral galaxy
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| Galaxies that contain the oldest stars in the universe | Elliptical galaxy
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| Galaxy that contains both old and new stars | Irregular galaxy
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| Collection of stars in a location of a galaxy | Star cluster
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| Space is mostly filled with this | Interstellar matter
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| An early phase of a star | Protostar
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| Supergiants explode to create this | Supernova
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| Object extremely dense and has a huge gravitational pull | Black hole
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| The hottest planets are this colour | Blue
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| The cooler planets are this colour | Red
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| The sun is classified in this group | Main sequence
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