The statement is mostly an example of loaded words and phrases, because the quotes uses synonymous adjectives one after another ("vast expanse") and the quote uses other descriptive words to create a defined image in one's mind.
The correct answer is C. I am absolutely positive.
Stephen Hawking was born in Oxford, England, he was a brilliant man who outshined everyone in his class, even with his physcial obstacles he moved with his whole life. Later in Hawking's life he studied physics at Oxford University. Hawking went on to become a writer researching cosmology and the orgins of the universe.
I believe it's called The luminosity , which is the amount of light it emits from its surface