Astronomy Answers: From the Astronomical Dictionary

Astronomy Answers
From the Astronomical Dictionary


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The description of the word you requested from the astronomical dictionary is given below.

weightless

weightlessness

Whale

winter

winter_solstice

Wolf

Xx

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the X-rays

X-rays are a form of electromagnetic radiation that has a relatively large amount of energy per photon and is therefore dangerous. X-rays are emitted naturally by material that is very hot, such as the gases in a solar flare that can have temperatures of hundreds of thousands or even millions of degrees, and by certain radioactive materials.