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AC t i v i t y! Maybe it’s the mystery of the universe. Or perhaps it’s the loneliness of long nights spent studying the stars. Whatever it is, there is definitely something about deep space that inspires astronomers to come up with the most creative and imaginative names in all of science.
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In st ruc tors Page 1. Asteroid Belt 2. Eris 3. Kuiper Belt 4. Oort Cloud 5. Star Birth Nebula 6. Open Cluster 7. Alpha Centauri 8. Sirius 9. Betelgeuse 10. Cat’s Eye Nebula 11. Black Hole 12. S upermassive Black Hole 13. Magellanic Cloud 14. Andromeda Galaxy 15. Triangulum Galaxy 16. Virgo Supercluster 17. Red Shift 18. The Big Bang 19. Dark Matter 20. Dark Energy 21. Space-time 22. Constellation 13. Meteorite
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of the Milky Way
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12) A Cab Impresses Love Hulk _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Silent and deadly—born from the wreckage of a dying superstar
11) Ball Choke _ _ _ _ _
Beautiful cloud formation with a dying star at its center
10) Beauty Cleanse _ _ _ _
stars known to mankind
9) Tub Glee See _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ One of the biggest
8) Iris Us _ _ _ _ _ _ The brightest star in Earth’s night sky
The closest stellar system to the Sun—maybe a future home?
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ A small gang
7) Palace Hair Nut _ _ _ _ _
of young stars
6) E lectrons Up _ _ _ _
A special place where stars are born
5) Astral Bib Hunter _ _ _ _
A spherical group of comets at the edge of the solar system
4) Colour Dot _ _ _ _
Rhymes with “Viper”—Pluto is one of the largest members
3) Bulkier Pet _ _ _ _ _ _
Greek Goddess of discord and strife
2) Rise _ _ _ _ A newish dwarf planet named for the
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23) Tire Me Toe _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A nighttime streaker
A pattern formed by stars in the sky
22) N otation Cells _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A 4-D force that creates gravity & can bend light
21) P eace Mist _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _
Strange energy that floods the entire universe & pulls it apart
20) R ag Dry Knee _ _ _ _
They seek me here, they seek me there, they seek me everywhere
19) Marked Tart _ _ _ _
A 13.7 billion year-old blast from the past
18) Bath Bin Egg _ _ _
Proves that the universe is getting bigger
17) H erd Fits _ _ _
A structure containing thousands and thousands of galaxies
16) Clever Guru Riposts _ _ _ _ _
A baby galaxy close to Andromeda and the Milky Way
15) L lama Taxying Guru _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
A galaxy on a collision course with the Milky Way
14) D reamland Yoga Ax _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Two beautiful dwarf galaxies close to the Milky Way
13) A Camel Colluding _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Are you a good enough linguist to use the clues and decode the astronomical anagrams below?
Maybe it’s the mystery of the universe. Or perhaps it’s the loneliness of long nights spent studying the stars. Whatever it is, there is definitely something about deep space that inspires astronomers to come up with the most creative and imaginative names in all of science.
A bunch of objects hanging out between Mars and Jupiter
1) Battered Soil _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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