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Telescopes
Stars
The LIFE
Systems and Galaxies
The Universe
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This instrument uses a curved mirror to collect and focus light.
What is the reflecting telescope?
100
The most common element in most stars.
What is hydrogen?
100
The point in the evolution of a star when it is born.
What is nuclear fusion?
100
The age of the universe.
What is 13.7 billion years old?
100
The universe formed in an instant, billions of years ago, in an enormous explosion.
What is the Big Bang Theory?
200
Astronomers use this to measure distance to nearby stars
What is parallax
200
A low mass sequence star will eventually evolve into this stage.
What is black dwarf?
200
The classification of galaxies.
What is a spiral, irregular, and elliptical galaxies?
200
This is used to describe sizes and distances in the universe.
What is scientific notation?
300
This instrument uses a convex lens
What is refracting telescope?
300
The most common type of star in the Milky Way.
What is main-sequence star?
300
The main factor that affects the evolution of a star.
What is mass?
300
Leftover thermal energy.
What is cosmic background radiation?
300
The farther away a galaxy is, the faster it is moving away from us.
What is Hubble's Law?
400
This includes radio waves, infrared radiation, visible light, ultraviolet radiation, x-ray, and gamma rays
What is the electromagnetic spectrum?
400
Most star formations take place in this area in our galaxy.
What is the spiral arms?
400
A large cloud of gas and dust spread out in an immense volume.
What is a nebula?
400
A star periodically blocks the light from another star?
What is an eclipsing binary?
400
Small asteroid-like bodies that formed the building blocks of the planets.
What is Planetesimals?
500
The most recent addition to NASA's lineup in telescopes in space.
What is the Spritzer?
500
Characteristics used to clarify stars
What is color, temperature, size, composition and brightness?
500
This spins hundreds of times per second.
What is a pulsar?
500
Evidence that supports that the universe will continue to expand forever.
What is the increasing rate of the expanding universe?
500
Used to determine the chemical composition of stars.
What is spectrographs?