Vocabulary

• solar eclipse: An eclipse in which the sun is obscured by the moon.
• close out: To sell off or eliminate remaining items or inventory, often at discounted prices.
• as with: In the same way that something happens or is true of something else.
• light up: To illuminate something; to make something brighter with light.
• burn up: To consume all of something, e.g. fuel, energy
• with just: Using only; with no more than.
• to date: Up to the present time; until now.
• stay up: To not go to bed until late
• completely: In every way or as much as possible
• amount: Quantity of something
• atmosphere: Air around us
• explore: To examine something in detail to learn about it
• tiny: Very, very small
• dramatically: In a sudden or extreme manner
• path: Method of living leading to a particular result
• edge: An advantage you have over others
• debris: Remains of something broken or destroyed
• result: Something produced through tests or experiments
• wander: To move through a place with no particular purpose
• leave: To go away from; depart
• object: Something you can see or touch, but is not alive
• stream: To send a constant flow of data over the internet
• vary: To change something and make it different
• horizon: Line where the earth or sea meets the sky
• ideally: In a perfect way; very suitably
• visible: Can see, easily seen or understood
• science: Study of the physical world, based on facts
• hit: To have a negative impact on a person/place/thing
• system: Set of organized, planned ideas that work together
• fully: Completely or entirely
• dust: To apply a fine powder to, e.g. sugar to a cake
• continue: To do something without stopping, or after pausing
• coverage: Type of programs a radio or TV station broadcasts
• solar: Concerning the sun, or its heat
• laboratory: A place to do scientific experiments
• bright: Cheerful and happy (manner)
• constellation: Group of things or people that are similar
• great: Very good; better than before
• remember: To give someone a gift, e.g. birthday, wedding
• bite: Amount of food taken into your mouth at one time
• part: Division of a book
• rusty: Performing badly from lack of practice
• burn: To destroy with fire
• diameter: Distance across the center of an object
• cover: To record a different version of another song
• clear: Empty; without anything in it or on it
• flash: To appear suddenly and briefly
• swift: Quick
• time: Speed at which music is played; tempo
• jet: Stream of liquid/gas shooting out of small opening
• light: To cause something to burn; put a burning match to
• propulsion: Forward movement often under power
• location: Particular position or area of place, event, etc.
• lunar: Concerning, about, or from the moon
• meteor: Rock from space that enters the Earth's atmosphere
• northern: In or toward the north
• partial: Giving better treatment to one person than another
• comet: Moving object in space, with a long, bright tail
• shortly: Quickly; soon; in a moment
• tint: Small quantity of a specific color
• sunset: Daily disappearance of the sun
• elongation: Act of lengthening something
• totality: State of being total and complete
• northeast: Location in the northeastern part of an area
• darken: To make something become less happy/less hopeful
• gov: Shortened form of 'government'; internet address