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  Edwin Hubble

  Edwin Powell Hubble (November 20, 1889 - September 28, 1953) was an American astronomer, noted for his discovery of galaxies beyond the Milky Way and the cosmological redshift. Edwin Hubble was one ... > more
• Astronomy
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  Light-year

  A light-year or lightyear (symbol: ly) is a unit of measurement of length, specifically the distance light travels in a vacuum in one year. While there is no authoritative decision on which year is ... > more
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  Neil Armstrong

  Neil Alden Armstrong (born August 5, 1930) is a former American astronaut, test pilot, naval aviator. He is famous as the first human ever to step foot on the ... > more
• Astrophysics
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  Stellar nucleosynthesis

  Stellar nucleosynthesis is the collective term for the nuclear reactions taking place in stars to build the nuclei of the heavier elements. The processes involved began to be understood early in the ... > more
• Stars
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  Star Trek

  Star Trek is an American science fiction franchise. In addition to six television programs including the original 1966 Star Trek, the same fictional universe created by Gene Roddenberry is the ... > more
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  Star Trek: The Original Series

  Star Trek is a science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry which aired from September 8, 1966 through June 3, 1969, with a total of 79 episodes aired and 80 episodes produced. ... > more
• Mathematics
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  Ellipse

  In mathematics, an ellipse is a plane algebraic curve where the sum of the distances from any point on the curve to two fixed points is constant. An ellipse can be drawn with two pins, a loop of ... > more
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  Infrared

  Infrared (IR) radiation is electromagnetic radiation of a wavelength longer than that of visible light, but shorter than that of microwave radiation. The name means "below red", red being the color ... > more
• Cosmology
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  Cosmic microwave background radiation

  In cosmology, the cosmic microwave background radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation discovered in 1965. It has a thermal black-body spectrum which peaks in the microwave range. Most ... > more
• Cosmology
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  Cosmic microwave background radiation

  In cosmology, the cosmic microwave background radiation is a form of electromagnetic radiation discovered in 1965 that fills the entire universe. It has a thermal 2.725 kelvin black body spectrum ... > more

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