Wikipedia Trail: Fixed Stars

I found the topic of fixed stars on the Twitter stream, which is very thought provoking. I have always been interesting in the cosmos, so I had to follow a wikipedia trail regarding this. You can find the link by liking on the title of the topic.

Fixed Stars: A fixed star is described to be the background of astronomical objects that do not appear to move relative to each other in the night sky. Fixed stars include the Sun.

Galaxy: A galaxy is a gravitational bound system. I did not know this before. It is simply where the gravitational pull of a certain jurisdiction rules, before another does. This transitions well into black hole.

Black Hole: A black hole is a region of spacetime who's gravitational pull is so strong that nothing, not even light or electrons can escape it. They are expected to form when massive stars reach the end of their life cycle and implode. SUPER INTERESTING!

Neutron Star: A neutron star is the collapsed core of large star. Neutron stars are the smallest and densest stars known to exist. They typically have a surface temperature of 600,000 K. Thats saying alot when the temperature outside right now is pretty and its only 298 K!

                                                         Image result for nebula
                                      This is a picture of a helix nebula with a few stars

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