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Vocabulary for IELTS Academic (Band 6-7) - Astronomy

Here, you will learn some English words related to Astronomy that are necessary for the Academic IELTS exam.

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Vocabulary for Academic IELTS (6-7)
comet
[noun]

an object in space that is a mass of ice and dust and when it nears the sun it starts illuminating in the shape of a tail

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meteor
[noun]

a piece of rock coming from outer space that passes through the Earth's atmosphere, producing light

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asteroid
[noun]

any of the rocky bodies orbiting the sun, ranging greatly in diameter, also found in large numbers between Jupiter and Mars

Ex: asteroids contain valuable minerals and resources that could be mined in the future .
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Nebula
[noun]

a glowing cloud of gas and dust in outer space, often the result of a star explosion or formation

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aurora
[noun]

a natural light display in the Earth's polar regions, caused by the collision of charged particles from the sun with atoms in the Earth's atmosphere

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a specific group of stars that form a pattern and have a name related to their shape

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zodiac
[noun]

(astronomy) the celestial zone in the sky where the sun, moon, and planets appear to move, traditionally divided into twelve equal segments, each associated with a distinct name and symbol

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exoplanet
[noun]

a planet that is outside the solar system

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a small, dense, and faint stellar remnant that is left after a medium-sized star exhausts the nuclear fuel in its core and undergoes gravitational collapse

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a highly dense and compact stellar remnant that remains after a massive star undergoes a supernova explosion, consisting almost entirely of neutrons

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a type of galaxy characterized by a spiral-shaped structure, consisting of a central bulge surrounded by spiral arms that contain stars, gas, and dust

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an optical instrument used for analyzing the spectrum of light, separating it into its individual wavelengths to identify and study the components of the light source

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a mysterious object that some people claim to have seen flying around in the sky and assume that it is a spaceship from another world

Ex: The pilots reported encountering unidentified flying object that moved at high speeds and changed direction abruptly .
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an unmanned spacecraft designed to explore outer space, gather scientific data, and transmit it back to Earth

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cosmonaut
[noun]

an astronaut from Russia or the former Soviet Union

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redshift
[noun]

the shift of light waves towards longer wavelengths, indicating the motion of an object away from the observer, commonly observed in the spectra of distant celestial bodies

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