When a star falls to a cosmic piece with MORE than 3 solar masses, what type of object will it become?
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When a star falls to a cosmic remnant with LESS than the magic number of 1.4 solar masses, what type of object will it become?
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When a star falls to a cosmic remnant with BETWEEN 1.4 solar masses and 3 solar masses, what type of object will it become?
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Because the orbits of the Earth and Moon are not perfectly spherical, eclipses do not happen regularly. What term defines the elliptical ways of these celestial bodies?
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Another event that was well known to the ancients is what we now call the "Northern Lights." What is the more accurate term for this spooky light display?
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In 1994, a comet was caught by Jupiter's gravity. It broke up and hit our Solar System's largest planet with a series of large impacts. What was the name of this comet?
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What creates a meteor shower?
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When the star is no longer able to consume fuel, it will fail down to a "stellar remnant", much tinier than its original size. Before falling, however, the star will first grow bigger. True or false?
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The fate of the star after it falls depends on a very specific number. If, after falling, the "stellar remnant" has less than 1.4 times the mass of our sun, its future will be very different from a star with a stellar remnant of more than 1.4 solar masses
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What are meteor showers?
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