Orion Glossary
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supermassive black holeA term used to describe black holes, implying that they have very much more mass than would be expected from a black hole that originated as the remnant of a single star. | |
supernovaA dramatic stellar explosion, produced when a star several times the mass of the Sun has exhausted its nuclear fuel. | |