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From the Ted Talk by Wanda Diaz Merced: How a blind astronomer found a way to hear the stars


Unscramble the Blue Letters


Supernova explosions are very ertemxe. But the ones that emit gamma rays are even more extreme. In the process of becoming a supernova, the interior of the star collapses under its own weight and it starts rotating ever faster, like an ice saektr when pulling their arms in close to their body. In that way, it starts ritnoatg very fast and it increases, plwufolery, its magnetic field. The matter around the star is dgeargd around, and some energy from that rotation is transferred to that matter and the magnetic field is increased even further. In that way, our star had extra energy to outshine the rest of the galaxy in bsgnhteirs and gmama ray emission.

Open Cloze


Supernova explosions are very _______. But the ones that emit gamma rays are even more extreme. In the process of becoming a supernova, the interior of the star collapses under its own weight and it starts rotating ever faster, like an ice ______ when pulling their arms in close to their body. In that way, it starts ________ very fast and it increases, __________, its magnetic field. The matter around the star is _______ around, and some energy from that rotation is transferred to that matter and the magnetic field is increased even further. In that way, our star had extra energy to outshine the rest of the galaxy in __________ and _____ ray emission.

Solution


  1. rotating
  2. powerfully
  3. skater
  4. brightness
  5. gamma
  6. extreme
  7. dragged

Original Text


Supernova explosions are very extreme. But the ones that emit gamma rays are even more extreme. In the process of becoming a supernova, the interior of the star collapses under its own weight and it starts rotating ever faster, like an ice skater when pulling their arms in close to their body. In that way, it starts rotating very fast and it increases, powerfully, its magnetic field. The matter around the star is dragged around, and some energy from that rotation is transferred to that matter and the magnetic field is increased even further. In that way, our star had extra energy to outshine the rest of the galaxy in brightness and gamma ray emission.

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

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magnetic field 5
light curve 3
light intensity 3
supernova explosions 2
starts rotating 2
naked eye 2
sighted astronomers 2
obvious burst 2
bass line 2
adjunctive visual 2
information access 2
titanic burst 2



Important Words


  1. arms
  2. body
  3. brightness
  4. close
  5. collapses
  6. dragged
  7. emission
  8. emit
  9. energy
  10. explosions
  11. extra
  12. extreme
  13. fast
  14. faster
  15. field
  16. galaxy
  17. gamma
  18. ice
  19. increased
  20. increases
  21. interior
  22. magnetic
  23. matter
  24. outshine
  25. powerfully
  26. process
  27. pulling
  28. ray
  29. rays
  30. rest
  31. rotating
  32. rotation
  33. skater
  34. star
  35. starts
  36. supernova
  37. transferred
  38. weight