Page 27 - Universe dictionary by Futura-Sciences

Alphabetical index

Supergiant A supergiant is a star which is brighter and bigger than ...	Supergiant star A star that weighs more than 3 solar masses will, at the end ...
Supernova The cataclysmic explosion of a star that can temporarily ...	Supernova remnants Supernova remnants are the remains of a star visible in the ...
Superstring theory A unified theory of the universe postulating that the ...	Swift The Swift space observatory, launched in November 2004 by a ...
T Tauri T Tauri are very young stars that have not finished their ...	Taikonaut Literally, a taikonaut is a"Man of the great ...
Tail assembly The tail assembly is specially designed to control the pitch ...	Taurids The Taurids are a trail of rocky debris that follows the ...
Telemetry Telemetry is the remote measurement of parameters or values	Telescope Observation instrument with a mirror objective.
Terminator The terminator is the curve along which the cone ...	Terra Terra was a NASA satellite launched on 18 December 1999 by ...
Terrestrial meridian of a location The terrestrial meridian of a location is the semi-great ...	Terrestrial planet Terrestrial (or telluric) planets are mainly composed of ...
Terrestrial time Terrestrial time is a time scale used for apparent ...	Tethys Tethys (Saturn III) was discovered by Cassini in 1684. Its ...
Thruster A thruster is the engine on board a launcher or missile used ...	Tide Tide is a generic term for the gravitational pull that one ...