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Stars and Universe

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star   an exploding ball of burning gas, held together by gravity  
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light-year   the distance light can travel in one year  
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solar flare   areas where a large amount of energy is released to the surface of the Sun  
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nebula   huge cloud of gases and dusts where stars form  
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red giant   colored red and they are very large; they expand because hydrogen moves away from center of star  
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white dwarf   a small and very dense star that shines with a cool white light  
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black hole   an object that is so dense and has such powerful gravity that nothing can escape from it, not even light  
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supernova   an exploding star  
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protostar   beginning star or baby star  
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galaxy   a collection of billions of stars  
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universe   Everything!! It includes all of space, and all the matter and energy that space contains  
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constellation   a group of stars that form a shape or a picture  
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