Hint
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Description
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Answer
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A
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The study of celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole
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Astronomy
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B
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The leading explanation for how the universe began
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Big Bang Theory
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C
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Pertaining to the sky or visible heaven, or to the universe beyond the earth’s atmosphere
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Celestial
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D
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A form of matter invisible to electromagnetic radiation
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Dark Matter
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E
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The big, blue planet
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Earth
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F
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An informal name for meteor
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Falling Star
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G
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A large system of stars isolated from similar systems by space
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Galaxy
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H
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The telescope launched into orbit around the earth in 1990
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Hubble Telescope
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I
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Situated or occurring between the stars
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Interstellar
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J
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Fifth planet from the sun
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Jupiter
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K
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A disk-shaped region on the edge of the solar system that contains masses of ice and icy rock
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Kuiper belt
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L
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Related to the moon
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Lunar
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M
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Any of the small bodies, often remnants of comets, traveling through space
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Meteoroid
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N
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A cloud of interstellar gas and dust
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Nebula
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O
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The path of a planet, satellite, spaceship, etc., around a celestial body
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Orbit
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P
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The shadow cast by the earth or moon over an area experiencing a partial eclipse
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Penumbra
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Q
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The most distant and most luminous objects in the universe
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Quasars
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R
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What Saturn is famous for having
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Rings
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S
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The sun together with all the planets and other bodies that revolve around it
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Solar System
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T
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An optical instrument for making distant objects appear larger and therefore nearer
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Telescope
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U
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The totality of objects and phenomena throughout space; the cosmos; macrocosm
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Universe
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V
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A space entirely devoid of matter
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Vacuum / Void
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W
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A theoretical passageway in space between a black hole and a white hole
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Wormhole
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X
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A form of electromagnetic radiation, similar to light but of shorter wavelength
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X-ray
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Y
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The time in which any planet completes a revolution round the sun
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Year
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Z
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An imaginary belt of the heavens which contains twelve constellations
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Zodiac
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