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How have telescopes changed over time?
They have become more powerful and allow us to see things that are very far away.
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What is the Milky Way?
A pale band of light we can see at night (or a galaxy)
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Look at the chart on page 444. Which is hotter, a young blue giant star or a red dwarf star?
Young blue giant
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What is the name for smaller stars?
Dwarf stars
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What is our Sun called?
A star
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How hot is the surface of the Sun?
5,500 degrees Celsius (or 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit)
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What is a light year?
The distance it takes for light to travel in a year
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The writer says that stars look like...
tiny diamonds fastened to a ceiling.
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Why can humans not travel to other stars?
Because they are too far away
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Is the Sun bigger or smaller than normal stars?
Smaller
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When did scientists start using telecopes?
In the 1600s
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Why do scientists use a special unit to measure distance?
Because distances in space are so big
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What is the distance between the sun and Earth?
150 million kilometers (93 million miles)
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