Planets & Beyond
This gas giant is famous for its Great Red Spot.
What is Jupiter?
This is the closest star to Earth.
What is the Sun?
This term describes the explosive death of a massive star.
What is a supernova?
This is the name of the galaxy that contains our solar system.
What is the Milky Way?
This natural satellite is Earth's only moon.
What is the Moon?
Often called Earth's "twin" due to its size, its surface reaches a hellish 900°F.
What is Venus?
This constellation is known for its three-star "belt."
What is Orion?
This term describes a star like the Sun in its final "puffed up" stage before shedding outer layers
What is a red giant?
This theory describes the origin of the universe from a dense, hot point roughly 13.8 billion years ago.
What is the Big Bang theory?
This event occurs when the Moon passes directly between the Earth and the Sun.
What is a solar eclipse?
Discovered in 1930, this dwarf planet orbits beyond Neptune
What is Pluto?
Not counting the Sun, this is the brightest star in Earth's night sky.
What is Sirius?
A star that has run out of fuel and collapsed into an extremely dense object is called this.
What is a white dwarf (or neutron star)?
Discovered in 1965, this faint radiation glow is considered the afterglow of the Big Bang.
What is the cosmic microwave background (CMB)?
The Moon's gravitational pull is the primary cause of these rise-and-fall ocean movements.
What are tides?
This is the only planet in our solar system known to rotate on its side.
What is Uranus?
Used for navigation, the North Star goes by this formal name.
What is Polaris?
The ultimate collapse of a massive star leaves behind an object so dense that not even light escapes.
What is a black hole?
This mysterious substance doesn't emit light but makes up most of the universe's matter.
What is dark matter?
This layer of Earth's atmosphere protects life from harmful ultraviolet radiation.
What is the ozone layer?
These icy, rocky bodies beyond Neptune make up an outer region of the solar system containing Pluto.
What is the Kuiper Belt?
Occurring in a star's core, this process fuses hydrogen into helium to power starlight.
What is nuclear fusion?
This term describes a system containing two stars orbiting a common center of mass.
What is a binary star system?
This mysterious force is thought to be accelerating the expansion of the universe.
What is dark energy?
This occurs when a full moon appears biggest and brightest at its closest orbital point to Earth.
What is a supermoon?