Astronomy and SpaceDiscusses the planets and other components of the solar system, offers brief biographies of key astronomers, describes stellar types and life cycles, and covers eighty-eight constellations. |
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The universe | 6 |
The story of the universe | 8 |
Finding out about space | 10 |
Copyright | |
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Alpha Andromeda apparent magnitude asteroids astronauts astronomers Auriga Big Bang Big Dipper Boötes bright stars brightest star called Canis Major Carina Cassiopeia Centauri Cepheus Cetus Coma comet constellation Corona crater Crux dark distance double star dust eclipse Epsilon faint stars Galileo gases Gemini globular cluster Greek group of stars Hubble Space Telescope huge Jupiter Jupiter's Large Magellanic Cloud lens light look Lyra meteor shower meteorite meteoroids Milky million km million miles Moon naked eye nebula Neptune night sky object open cluster Ophiuchus orbit the Sun Orion Pegasus Perseus photograph physical double planets Pluto Polaris pole powerful telescope radio telescope reflector telescope refractor telescope rings Sagittarius satellite Saturn scientists think Scorpius seen from Earth Serpens shape shows Sirius Solar System southern hemisphere space probe space station spins spiral galaxy spot Star brightness star clusters star's Sun's supernova surface tail Taurus universe Uranus Ursa Major variable star visible