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Ultraviolet (UV):
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Electromagnetic radiation with shorter wavelengths and senior energies and frequencies than evident light. UV light is inferior in frequency than X-rays.
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Universe:
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The totality of space and time, along with all the matter and energy in it. Current theories assert that the universe is expanding and that all its matter and energy was created during the Big Bang.
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Uranus:
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The third biggest planet in the solar system and the seventh from the Sun. Uranus is 19 times the Earth’s space from the Sun and completes a circuit approximately the Sun in about 84 Earth years. This gaseous, giant external planet has the visible ring system and over 20 moons, the largest of that is Titanium. Uranus is tipped on other side, with a rotation axis in almost the same plane as its orbit.
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