Akademisches IELTS (Band 8 und Höher) - Astronomy

a highly energetic celestial object emitting powerful radiation from the center of a galaxy, often associated with a supermassive black hole

Quasar

a region beyond Neptune in the solar system containing icy objects like dwarf planets, asteroids, and comets

Kuipergürtel

a distant, hypothetical region surrounding the solar system, thought to harbor icy bodies and comets

Oortsche Wolke

the outer layer of the Sun's atmosphere, observable as a plasma halo during a solar eclipse

Corona, Sonnenkorona

the apparent path that the Sun traces in the sky over the course of a year, which is also the plane of the Earth's orbit around the Sun

Ekliptik

the apparent displacement or difference in the apparent position of an object when viewed along two different lines of sight, often used in astronomy to measure the distance of nearby stars

Parallaxe

an exploding star that as a result is emitting a very large amount of light, more than the sun

Supernova, explodierender Stern

a highly magnetized, rotating neutron star that emits beams of electromagnetic radiation from its magnetic poles

Pulsar

the lowest layer of Earth's atmosphere, extending from the surface up to an average altitude of about 8-15 kilometers

Troposphäre

the atmospheric layer above the troposphere, where temperature generally increases with altitude and the ozone layer is situated

Stratosphäre

the atmospheric layer above the stratosphere, where temperatures decrease with altitude and it extends up to the mesopause

Meso-sphäre

the atmospheric layer above the mesosphere, where temperatures increase with altitude and it extends to the exosphere

thermosphäre, thermische Schicht

a layer in the upper atmosphere containing ions and free electrons, affecting radio communication and contributing to auroras

Ionosphäre

the outermost layer of Earth's atmosphere, transitioning to outer space, with extremely low gas densities

Exosphäre

the protective magnetic field region around a celestial body, shielding it from solar wind and charged particles

Magnetosphäre