peter+and+sydney

What are stars?

That's a good question.Well, [|stars] are a HUGE ball of plasma that holds together by it's own gravity.This might be suprising...or not, the closest star to the earth is the [|sun].For the majority of the stars life it shines because of the thermonuclear fusion in it's core releasing energy that traverses the stars interior and then radiates throughout space.Wow that was a mouthfull! Almost all elements heavier than hydrogen and helium were created by fusion processes in the stars.

What is a lunar eclipse?

Great question. Well a [|lunar eclipse] can only happen with a full moon and only when the moon passes through some portion of the earths shadow.There are three types of lunar eclipses the first one we are going to type about is the penumbral lunar eclipse.A penumbral eclipse happens when the moon passes through the earths penumbral



Black Hole (what is a black hole?) A black hole is a region in space that has a [|gravitaional field] around it. The gravitaional field is so strong that it pulls any thing in space in it. In a [|black hole] no light goes in. A black hole is remains when a [|star] dies.The black holes gropes of track stars.That is what a black hole is.