Astronomy
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| show | Theory of how the universe began. Space started expanding/inflating
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| show | Plot of stars luminosity vs. their colour/temperature.
Blue star = hot temperature. Red star = cool temperature
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| show | The brightness of a star. How much energy it gives off.
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| show | A cloud of gas that is undergoing nuclear fusion reaction in the core.
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| show | A nuclear reaction that combines two Hydrogens into a He, for example. The process by which new elements are created.
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| Core of a star | show 🗑
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| Main Sequence | show 🗑
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| show | A huge, energy-releasing explosion of stellar material from a star.
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| Red Giant | show 🗑
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| show | A stage in stellar evolution towards the end of a star's life. The star is relatively small and cool./dim.
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| White Dwarf | show 🗑
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| Black Hole | show 🗑
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| show | A massive star ends up collapsing into a neutron star. All the electrons and protons combing into neutrons under the enormous gravity.
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| Nebula | show 🗑
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| show | A star that has planets revolving around it.
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| show | A rocky or gaseous celestial body that is orbiting a star.
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| show | A sun and its planets/moons.
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| Phases of the moon | show 🗑
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| New Moon | show 🗑
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| Full Moon | show 🗑
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| show | A grouping of stars that we see in the night sky in the same location.
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| show | The Northern /Southern Lights. Particles from the sun ionize atoms and molecules in the atmosphere, giving off light in the process.
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| Electromagnetic Radiation | show 🗑
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| Photon | show 🗑
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| show | The range of EM radiation from gramma rays (high energy) to radio waves (low energy)
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| Doppler effect | show 🗑
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| show | The wave source is moving towards the observer (or vice versa) so the frequency of the wave appears to increase.
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| show | The wave source is moving away from the observer (or vice versa) so the frequency of the wave appears to decrease.
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| show | How many times a wave is generated in one second.
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| Wavelength of a wave | show 🗑
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| Speed of a wave | show 🗑
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| Winter Solstice/Summer Solstice | show 🗑
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| Spring/Fall Equinox | show 🗑
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| show | The distance from the earth to the sun - about 150,000,000 km
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| Lightyear | show 🗑
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| The age of the universe | show 🗑
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| The age of the sun | show 🗑
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| Inner Planets/Terrestrial Planets | show 🗑
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| Outer Planets/Jovian planets | show 🗑
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| Dark Matter/Dark Energy | show 🗑
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| show | The earth passes in front of the full moon, blocking its reflected sunlight from reaching the earth.
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| Solar Eclipse | show 🗑
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| Sunspots | show 🗑
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| show | Solar prominence that erupts sending solar material into space
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| Solar prominence | show 🗑
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| Corona | show 🗑
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| Asteroid | show 🗑
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| show | Asteroid that enters the earth's atmosphere burning up due to friction. Also known as shooting star.
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| show | Meteor that does not completely burn up in the earth's atmosphere and hits earth.
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| Kuiper belt | show 🗑
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| Oort Cloud | show 🗑
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| Astronomy | show 🗑
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| show | The study of the universe.
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