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3. the explosion of a star during which the star’s luminosity increases by as much as 20 magnitudes and most of the star’s mass is blown away at very high velocity.
6. any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night.
10. hole an object so massive that nothing, not even light, can escape its gravitation.
11. an easily recognized group of stars that appear to be located close together in the sky and that form a picture if lines connecting them are imagined.
12. a spaceship designed for intergalactic travel.

1. a large system of stars held together by mutual gravitation and isolated from similar systems by vast regions of space.
2. conducted, or existing between two or more stars
4. any of the eight large heavenly bodies revolving about the sun and shining by reflected light: Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, or Neptune, in the order of their proximity to the sun.
5. a person engaged in or trained for spaceflight.
7. a cloud of interstellar gas and dust.
8. a celestial body moving about the sun, usually in a highly eccentric orbit, consisting of a central mass surrounded by an envelope of dust and gas that may form a tail that streams away from the sun.
9. a meteoroid that has entered the earth's atmosphere; a shooting star.