Stars
The brightness of a star
magnitude
pulsar
The name of our galaxy is
The Milky Way
_________ is the closest star to the Earth.
The sun
Made up of irregularly shaped pieces of rock, metal and dust
comet
The measurement of a star's movement over time
red shift
A cloud of dust, gases, debris is called
nebula
A _______ is a large group of stars held together by gravity.
star cluster
A ________ star group is a group of two stars or three held together by gravity.
Multiple
What is the study of stars called?
Astrology
The largest and brightest stars
Supergiants
Smaller stars, like our Sun are called_____ stars.
dwarf
Stars are glowing balls of gas that _________ light.
produce
This star system contains only two stars.
binary
What is the study of stars which some people believe the stars affect your destiny and tell your future
Astrology
When an existing star flares up and becomes brighter than normal, it is called
nova
When a massive supergiant star collapses and disappears from space, scientists call what is left a
black hole
This color star are the hottest stars.
Blue
A huge system that covers many light-years of space.
galaxy
What is the name of the group that consists of the galaxies; one of those being the Milky Way
Local Group
Stars that regularly or repeatedly change in magnitude are called
variable stars
A group of stars that form a pattern are called
constellation
Telescopes that bend light to make objects seem bigger are called
Refracting telescopes
A chunk of frozen gases, water, and dust that orbits the sun.
comet
What is the name of an object called that passes through Earth's atmosphere and strikes the Earth
meteorite