Space Terminology

A collection of 27 questions about space terms, with 30 seconds each

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Hint	Answer
A large ball of plasma	Star
A spheroid object orbiting a star	Planet
A small rock orbiting the sun, with intense ranges in size	Asteroid
A planet orbiting another star	Exoplanet
A group of stars that appear to make a pattern from Earth	Constellation
A violent explosion occurring after a star dies	Supernova
A violent explosion occurring after two extremely dense objects collide	Kilonova/Macronova
An ultra dense core of a dead star	Neutron Star
An invisible region of spacetime with immense gravity	Black Hole
A rapidly spinning neutron star emitting immense radiation from the poles	Millisecond Pulsar
A type of neutron star with an incredibly powerful magnetic field	Magnetar
A collection of stars, planets, black holes, and other objects	Galaxy
An extension of the disk of a galaxy, which is home to millions of stars at a time	Arm
A type of galaxy that rotates around a center point	Spiral

Hint	Answer
A type of galaxy that often takes on an ovaloid shape	Elliptical
A type of galaxy lacking a proper shape	Irregular
A type of galaxy with a rotating disk but lacking arms	Lenticular
Clouds of dust that form stars	Nebula
The act of pulling matter onto a massive object heating it up in the process	Accretion
A super-heated galactic core powered by a black hole that can outshine entire galaxies	Quasar
The main icy body of a comet	Nucleus
A cloud of gas and dust around a comet, also known as the tail	Coma
A rare optical illusion where the tail of a comet seems to point towards the sun instead of away	Anti Tail
The name of the nearest galaxy to us	Andromeda
The name of our galaxy	Milky Way
The French astronomer who discovered over 100 objects single handedly	Charles Messier
A strong signal discovered in 1977 that was never found again	Wow!

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