Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
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show | A DEVICE BUILT TO OBSERVE DISTANT OBJECTS BY MAKING THEM APPEAR CLOSER
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show | ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES THAT ARE VISIBLE TO THE HUMAN EYE
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show | THE DISTANCE BETWEEN THE CREST OF ONE WAVE TO THE CREST OF THE NEXT WAVE
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show | THE RANGE OF WAVELENGTHS OF ELECTROMAGNETIC WAVES
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OPTICAL TELESCOPE | show 🗑
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ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION | show 🗑
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REFRACTING TELESCOPE | show 🗑
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show | A PIECE OF TRANSPARENT GLASS CURVED SO THAT THE MIDDLE IS THICKER THAN THE EDGES
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show | A TELESCOPE THAT USES A CURVED MIRROR TO COLLECT AND FOCUS LIGHT
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RADIO TELESCOPE | show 🗑
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show | A BUILDING THAT CONTAINS ONE OR MORE TELESCOPES
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show | AN IMAGINARY PATTERN OF STARS IN THE SKY
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SPECTROGRAPH | show 🗑
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APPARENT BRIGHTNESS | show 🗑
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show | THE BRIGHTNESS A STAR WOULD HAVE IF IT WERE A STANDARD DISTANCE FROM EARTH
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show | THE DISTANCE LIGHT TRAVELS IN ONE YEAR
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PARALLAX | show 🗑
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show | A GRAPH RELATING THE SURFACE TEMPERATURES AND ABSOLUTE BRIGHTNESSES OF STARS
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show | A DIAGONAL AREA ON AN H-R DIAGRAM THAT INCLUDES MORE THAN 90% OF ALL STARS
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NEBULA | show 🗑
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PROTOSTAR | show 🗑
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WHITE DWARF | show 🗑
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show | AN EXPLOSION OF A MASSIVE STAR
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NEUTRON STAR | show 🗑
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show | A RAPIDLY SPINNING NEUTRON STAR THAT PRODUCES RADIO WAVES
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BLACK HOLE | show 🗑
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show | A STAR SYSTEM WITH TWO STARS
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show | A BINARY STAR SYSTEM IN WHICH ONE STAR PERIODICALLY BLOCKS THE LIGHT FROM THE OTHER
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show | A STAR CLUSTER THAT HAS A LOOSE, DISORGANIZED APPEARANCE AND CONTAINS NO MORE THAN A FEW THOUSAND STARS
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show | A LARGE, ROUND, DENSELY-PACKED GROUPING OF OLDER STARS
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GALAXY | show 🗑
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show | A GALAXY WITH A BULGE IN THE MIDDLE AND ARMS THAT SPIRAL OUTWARD IN A PINWHEEL PATTERN
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ELLIPTICAL GALAXY | show 🗑
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show | A GALAXY THAT DOES NOT HAVE A REGULAR SHAPE
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show | AN ENORMOUSLY BRIGHT, DISTANT GALAXY WITH A GIANT BLACK HOLE AT ITS CENTER
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UNIVERSE | show 🗑
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SCIENTIFIC NOTATION | show 🗑
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show | THE INITIAL EXPLOSION THAT RESULTED IN THE FORMATION AND EXPANSION OF THE UNIVERSE
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HUBBLE'S LAW | show 🗑
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show | THE ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION LEFT OVER FROM THE BIG BANG
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show | A LARGE CLOUD OF GAS AND DUST, SUCH AS THE ONE THAT FORMED OUR SOLAR SYSTEM
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PLANETESIMAL | show 🗑
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DARK MATTER | show 🗑
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DARK ENERGY | show 🗑
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