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telescope
A magnifier of images of distant objects
invention
The creation of something in the mind
microscope
Magnifier of the image of small objects
zodiac
A belt-shaped region in the heavens on either side to the ecliptic
thermometer
Measuring instrument for measuring temperature
galileo
Italian astronomer and mathematician who was the first to use a telescope to study the stars
science
Study of the natural world through experiments
inventor
Someone who is the first to think of or make something
history
Study of what happened in the past
stars
Twinkling lights in the night sky
planets
Any of the nine large celestial bodies in the solar system that revolve around the sun and shine (plural)
moon
Natural satellite that orbits the Earth

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