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(Encyclopedia)black hole, in astronomy, celestial object of such extremely intense gravity that it attracts everything near it and in some instances prevents everything, including light, from escaping. The term was...Constellations (table)
(Encyclopedia)Constellations 1 Zodiac constellation. ...Browse by Subject
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