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What is a white dwarf?
A small star the size of a planet formed when a star has exhausted (used up) all of its fuel.
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What is a spiral galaxy?
A type of galaxy in which everything revolves around a supper giant star or black hole.
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What is a black hole?
A space in the universe with so much density and gravitational pull that not even light can escape formed by collapsed stars.
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What is a Neutron Star?
A star that is entirely made out of negatively charged neutrons formed when a giant star collapses and forms a type 2 supernova.
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What is an elliptical galaxy?
A galaxy that is smooth and almost featureless in the shape of a disk they are theorized to be one of the first type of galaxy.
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What is the difference between apparent magnitude and absolute magnitude?
Apparent magnitude is how bright the star seems from earth and absolute magnitude is the actual brightness of a star.