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Astronomy Test Vocab -4th Nine weeks- Review Game 3

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constellationA pattern of stars in the sky.
galaxyA giantstructure that contains hundreds of billions of stars.
universeAll of space and everthing in it.
light-yearThe distance that light travels in one year.
black holeThe remains of an extremely massive star pulled into a small volume by the force of gravity.
binary starA star system that contains two stars.
spiral galaxyA galaxy whose arms curve outward in a pinwheel pattern. (Like our milky way)
irregular galaxyA galaxy that does not have a regular shape.
elliptical galaxyA galaxy shaped like a flattened ball, containing only old stars.
big bang theoryThe initial explosion that resulted in the formation and expansion of the universe.


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