ASTRONOMY

Cards (10)

  • Star
    A celestial object, a giant ball of hot gasses that uses hydrogen as its fuel
  • Dark matter
    An attractive force, a kind of cosmic cement that holds our universe together
  • Dark energy
    What causes the universe to expand at an accelerated rate
  • Spectroscopy
    A subfield under astrophysics, where it analyzes light spectra, revealing celestial objects' chemical composition, temperature, and pressure
  • Heliophysics
    A branch of astronomy that studies the sun's domain, composition, and its effect on our daily life
  • Isaac Newton
    The astronomer responsible for publishing his theory for law of motion and law of gravitation
  • Astrometry
    A branch under astronomy where it focuses on measuring the location of celestial objects and its movements on its plane in the sky
  • Makemake is an example of a dwarf planet- FALSE
  • Meteor
    A space object that enters the Earth's atmosphere or on another planet at high speed and burns up the fireballs or "shooting stars"
  • Cosmology
    A branch under astrophysics that tackles the study of the origin, development, structure, history, and future of the entire universe