ergosphere - a region located outside a rotating black hole. Its name is derived from the Greek word ergon, which means work.
Sleep - what I'm about to do.
Regulus -is the brightest star in the constellation Leo and one of the brightest stars in the night sky, lying approximately 79 light years from Earth. Regulus is a multiple star system composed of four stars that are organized into two pairs.
(Can't believe I haven't used this one either)
Nova- a star that flares up to several times its original brightness for some time before returning to its original state
(I can't believe we haven't used this,but it doesn't show up in search)
(We also seem to be drifting away from astronomy and cosmology and into particle physics...I'm just sayin...)
Hypergalaxy -a system consisting of a spiral galaxy surrounded by several dwarf white galaxies, often ellipticals. Our galaxy and the Andromeda galaxy are examples of hypergalaxies.
Lenticular Galaxy- A disk-shaped galaxy that contains no conspicuous structure within the disk. Lenticular galaxies tend to look more like elliptical galaxies than spiral galaxies.
Synodic Month -The period of time it takes the Moon to make one complete revolution around the Earth. A Synodic month is equal to 29.53 days and is measured as the time between a lunar phase and the return of that same phase.
MACHO (Massive Compact Halo Object) -- These are black holes, neutron stars and brown dwarfs, none of which are luminous and all of which are postulated to exist in the halos of galaxies. They are a form of dark matter.
Supermoon- A term used to describe a full moon that occurs during the Moon's closest approach to the Earth. During a supermoon, the Moon may appear slightly larger and brighter than normal.
NEREUS -a Near-Earth asteroid that is about 0.6 to 1.25 miles (1-2 km) in diameter. It has an orbital period of 1.82 yrs and a semimajor axis of 1.490 A
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