The Universe Vocabulary

A small region at the center of a galaxy that emits a massive amount of energy.

• Radio galaxy

• Active Galactic Nucleus

• Galactic bulge

• Milky Way Galaxy

A galaxy that emits more strongly in the radio part of the spectrum than other galaxies.

• Radio galaxy

• Active Galactic Nucleus

• Galactic bulge

• Milky Way Galaxy

A tightly packed group of stars within a smaller star formation.

• Radio galaxy

• Active Galactic Nucleus

• Galactic bulge

• Milky Way Galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

The barred-spiral galaxy that includes OUR solar system (OUR galaxy).

• Radio galaxy

• Active Galactic Nucleus

• Galactic bulge

• Milky Way Galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

A telescope that detects radio waves from objects in space.

• satellite

• rover

• optical telescope

• radio telescope

• probe

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-1

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

An object in space that orbits around a bigger object.

• satellite

• rover

• optical telescope

• radio telescope

• probe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-1

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2

NGSS.MS-PS2-4

A telescope that only collects visible light.

• satellite

• rover

• optical telescope

• radio telescope

• probe

Tags

NGSS.MS-PS4-2

Robotic vehicles created to land on another planet (other than Earth).

• satellite

• rover

• optical telescope

• radio telescope

• probe

Tags

NGSS.MS-ETS1-1

NGSS.MS-ETS1-2

An instrument that travels far into space to gather information and send it back to Earth.

• satellite

• rover

• optical telescope

• radio telescope

• probe

a large volume of space containing many billions of stars, dust and interstellar gas, held together by gravitational attraction to a central black hole

• Galaxy

• Elliptical galaxy

• Spiral galaxy

• Barred spiral galaxy

• Irregular galaxy

Tags

NGSS.MS-ESS1-2