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| a large cloud of gas and dust in space, spread out in an immense volume |
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| a contracting cloud of gas and dust with enough mass to form a star |
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| the blue-white hot core of a star that is left behind after its outer layers have expanded and drifted out into space |
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| the brilliant explosion of a dying supergiant star |
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| the small, dense remains of a high-mass star after a supernova |
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| a rapidly spinning neutron star that produces radio waves |
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| an object whose gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape |
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