#1 red shift: shift, due to Doppler effect, in spectral lines of object toward longer wave lengths at red end of spectrum as it recedes from Earth, with amount of shift proportional to object's speed.
(2) solar system: group of planets that orbit around common star or stars, esp. portion of the Milky Way subject to gravity of our Sun, including eight planets.
(3) gas giant: large planet of low density, consisting mainly of gasses and liquids, esp. one of major planets of our solar system.
(4) binary accretion formation: theory of formation of Earth-Moon system due to accretion from one cloud of gas and dust.
(5) habitable zone: zone surrounding a star that is capable of supporting higher life forms, IE liquid water and temperate temperatures.
(6) solar wind: stream of radiation and ionized gas that spirals outward from star at high speed.
(7) red giant: large star of low surface temperature in late stage of stellar evolution, with absolute magnitude near zero.
(8) nuclear fusion: fusing together nuclei of lighter atom; such as hydrogen, to form nuclei of heavier atom helium.
(9) supernovae: explosion of massive star near end of life cycle, possibly due to gravitational collapse, causing increased luminosity and loss of most of star's mass, sometimes leaving behind dense core.
(10) white dwarf: small faint cold star that has undergone gravitational collapse.
(11) circle of doom: area around a gravitational object that cannot be escaped.
(12) pulsar: rotating collapsed neutron star of high density, composed primarily of neutrons, whose radiation or light reaches Earth in pulses, usu. at regular intervals.
(13) magnetic flux: total of magnetic flux lines through a magnetic field.
(14) Nascency: birth, creation, to come into being.
(15) Roche limit: distance from the center of a gravitational object of which an object cannot approach without disruption.
(16) brown dwarf: lump of celestial matter larger than a planet but not massive enough to be a star or have sustained nuclear fusion at its core.
(17) ion tail: ionized gas trailing from comet, pointing away from the Sun.
(18) bulk: the vast infinite emptiness the Universe resides in; hyperspace.
(19) speed of light: the fastest anything can move in a vacuum; 186,000 miles per second.
(20) graviton: theoretical subatomic particle without charge or mass, believed to carry gravitational force between bodies.
(21) photon: mass-less quantum of electromagnetic radiation or light.
(22) WIMP: weakly interactive massive particle.
(23) Big Bang: theory that Universe originated in explosion of hot, dense core that rapidly expanded to cooler, more diffused states.
(24) black hole: highly concentrated mass that has collapsed to such a degree that the escape velocity from its surface is greater than the speed of light, trapping light and all other particles and matter.
(25) red dwarf: small star of low spectrum luminosity and surface temperature.
(26) dark matter: fundamental particles with no force other than gravity that comprise about 25% of the Universe.
(27) singularity: point in space-time curvature becomes infinite and at which measurable quantities become exactly zero or infinitely large, such as a black hole.
(28) nebulae: diffuse cloud of interstellar matter.
(29) Salesian: actions of the Founding Fathers.
(30) quark: any of basic hypothetical particles, designated; up, down, strange, charm, beauty or bottom, and truth or top.
(31) maelstrom: powerful whirlpool or whirlwind.
(32) plasma: highly ionized gas, often at high temperature, in which free electrons and positive ions are present in approximately equal numbers.
(33) accretion disk: rapidly spinning disk of gas usu. found around a neutron star or free black hole.
(34) dark energy: theoretical particle which comprises 70.3% of the Universe, energy which may counteract gravity.
(35) Entity: Being, sole intelligence, metaphysical Being.
(36) soul: eternal Being, energy essence, higher self.
(37) psyche: mental or psychological makeup of an individual, esp. in connection with motivation.
(38) heterogeneous: composed of varied elements.
(39) oligotokous: bearing few young, infertile.
(40) BCE: before current era.
(41) missing link: hypothetical species believed to bridge the gap between anthropoid apes and Human Beings, sometimes identified as Australopithecus.
(42) Cro-Magnon: tall erect Paleolithic prototype of modern Homo-sapiens in Europe between 40,000 and 30,000 years ago, that used stone tools and produced cave paintings.
(43) anthropocentric: regarding Humans as center of Universe.
(44) photon collision excitation: collision between photon and atom resulting in an 'excited' atom.
(45) metempsychosia: uniting metaphysical soul with physical body.
(46) psychosocial: relating psychological development to social environment.
(47) psycho-sexual disorder: sexual disorder in which psychological rather than organic factors are of major importance.
(48) wholesome: good, pure, sincere, honest, just, compassionate.
(49) Axil Age: period of 6th century BCE of uniform introduction of religion from western Europe to eastern Asia, introduction of morality as guiding factor in the afterlife.
(50) CE: current era.
(51) Zootheism: worship of animals or inanimate symbolic objects.
(52) Quasi-gods: relating to or godlike.
(53) NDE: near death experience.
(54) free black hole: a black hole that is not connected to a galaxy or other celestial objects of mass.
(55) neutron star: cold or collapsed star in which gravitational force has caused combination of protons and electrons to form neutrons.
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