vocabulary words
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| Constelation | Patterns of stars in the night sky
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| Absolute Magnitude | The measure of the amount of light it gives off.
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| Apparent Magnitude | A measure of the amount of light received from a star on light from Earth.
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| Light Year | Distance that light travels in one year. 300,000 km/s
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| Photosphere | The lowest layer of the Suns atmosphere - the layer from which light is given off.
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| Chromosphere | The layer of the Sun above the photosphere.
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| Corona | The largest layer of the Sun's atmosphere; extends millions of kilometers into space.
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| Sunspots | The areas that appear dark on the sun; they are cooler than the area surrounding the spot.
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| Nebula | A large cloud of dust and gas where stars begin to form.
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| Giant Star | A star that is in the late stage of its life cycle
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| White Dwarf | A star about the size of Earth, eventually it cools and stops giving off light.
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| Super Giant | A massive star that continues to heat up and contains very heavy elements that form by fusion.
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| Neutron Star | The core of a star that has collapsed and only neutrons exist.
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| Black Hole | The core of a supernova that has collapsed inward on itself - gravity is so great not even light can escape.
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| Galaxy | Large group of stars, gas, and dust held together by gravity.
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| Big Bang Theory | The leading theory about the formation of the universe.
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