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| what is left of a giant star after it explodes. it is smaller and denser than white dwarfs. |
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| a large amount of gas and dust spread out over an immense volume. |
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| the gas and dust pulled together by gravity making a cloud; the earliest stage of a star’s life. |
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| the blue-white hot core left behind when a star expands and becomes a giant or supergiant. |
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| a dead white dwarf that has stopped glowing. |
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| An explosion of a dying giant or supergiant star. |
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| formed if there is too much material left after a supernova and gravity is so strong it pulls the gas inward. |
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| when one star in a binary system blocks the light from the other star. |
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| any planetary body that is outside the solar system and that usually orbits a star other than the Sun. |
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| star systems with two stars (double stars). |
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| giant structures that contain hundreds of billions of stars. |
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