I am part of a bigger constellation and I point to the North star.
What is Ursa Major?
The last beacon of a dying star, I send out my signal to the dark.
What is a pulsar?
Don't try to pick a shape on me. I cannot be defined.
What is an irregular galaxy?
I am the most plentiful element in the Universe
The three stars of my belt are the most iconic in the night sky.
Who is Orion?
Not quite big enough to be a black hole, I am small and dark. No more heat here.
What is a neutron star?
I am oval shaped, like a lovely eye.
What is an elliptical galaxy?
This element is generated in a star's core.
What is helium?
I fly through the late summer sky, my wings spread wide.
What is The Swan (or Cygnus)?
Not big enough to be a neutron star, what's left of my previously hot core is cold and dense.
What is a white dwarf?
The biggest thing in the universe, I contain clusters upon clusters.
What is a supercluster?
This number, too big to fathom, is older than Mrs. Barron. The age of the Universe.
What is 13 billion years?
What is Canus Major?
Stay away from me. Nothing escapes once it comes near.
What is a black hole?
This is the number of known galaxies.
What is more that 100 billion?
This guy, with a silent first letter in his name, wrote a list of the constellations in the 2nd century.
Who is Ptolemy?
I thought too much of myself and eventually got turned to stone.
Who is Cassiopeia?
Hot and bright, I am an enormous young star.
What is a blue dwarf?
From Earth, I look like a splash across the night sky.
What is the Milky Way?
This guy, ironically died from a hand infection, and all because he was trying to get people to wash their hands.
Who is Semmelweis?