Stars and Stuff
This is a grouping of stars in the night sky that shows a recognizable pattern.
Constellation
A celestial body in orbit around a star (sun).
Planet
When celestial bodies moving AWAY from Earth, it does (shows) this on a spectrum.
Red-Shift
A bright streak in our atmosphere, a “shooting star”. Results from a piece of rocky debris.
Meteor
A star with high luminosity and low temperature. Our Sun will turn into this.
Red Giant
A pair of stars orbiting each other.
Binary Star
A star (the sun) and all bodies that orbit it. This includes planets, asteroids, comets, meteoroids and Kuiper Belt objects.
Solar System
When celestial bodies move TOWARD the Earth, it does this.
Blue-Shift
Thousands of very small rocky objects orbiting between Mars & Jupiter in the Milky Way Galaxy.
Asteroids
A small, very dense star near the end of its life.
White Dwarf
An early stage of a star forming where it is still gathering mass. A baby star!
Protostar
A region of space with immense gravity from which no matter or radiation can escape.
Black Hole
A cloud of gas & dust in outer space.
Nebula
Rocky material that passes through our atmosphere and reaches Earth’s surface. Can be valuable!
Meteorite
A very massive and very luminous (bright) star.
Supergiant Star
A continuous and distinctive band of stars that appears on an HR Diagram.
Main Sequence
A small body that is round that orbits around a planet. Also called a “natural satellite”.
Moon
All of space and time, their content, all forms of matter and energy.
Universe
A small icy body in orbit around the sun. When it is near the sun, it melts and changes phases as it displays a tail.
Comet
A star, composed of a dense core of neutrons after a super nova.
Neutron Star
A rotating neutron star with beams of radiation emerging outward as it spins from its magnetic poles.
Pulsar
The accumulation of particles into massive objects by gravity. Examples are a planet and star formation.
Accretion
The brightest nucleus of a distant galaxy. Gives off radio waves.
Quasar
A branch of science which deals with celestial objects, space and the physical universe as a whole.
Astronomy
An expanding and growing shell of ionized gas ejected from a Red Giant Star late in life.
Planetary Nebula