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- 2. A colorless,odorless,highly flammable gas,the chemical element of atomic number 1.
- 4. The scientific study of celestial objects (planets,stars,galaxies,black holes) and phenomena originating outside Earth´s atmosphere.
- 5. American astronomer who revolutionized cosmology by proving the existence of galaxies outside the Milky Way and discovering that the universe is expanding.
- 10. Renowned American avant-grade theater director,playwright, and visual artist.
- 13. The faint nearly uniform remnant radiation leftover from the Big Bang filling all space in the observable universe.
- 16. A massive, gravitationally bound system consisting of stars,stellar remnants,interstellar gas,dust,and dark matter.
- 17. A colorless, odorless, tasteless, and non-toxic noble gas.
- 18. German-born theoretical physicist recognized as the father of modern physics.
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- 1. German-American physicist and radio astronomer.
- 3. Renowned English astronomer and mathematician.
- 6. The entire range of all possible frequencies wavelengths, and photon energies of electromagnetic radiation, extending from low energy radio waves to high energy gamma rays.
- 7. The totality of all space, time, matter, and enegry
- 8. The narrow segment of the electromagnetic spectrum roughly 380-780 nm in wavelength.
- 9. How astronomers explain the way the universe began.
- 11. An apparatus for photographing or otherwise recording spectra.
- 12. The capacity to do work.
- 14. The scientific phenomenon where light or other electromagnetic radiation from an object is increased in wavelength.
- 15. The displacement of the spectrum to shorter wavelengths in the light coming from distant celestial objects moving toward the observer.
