Sun
Moon
Planets
General Space
Astronomers
100

Cooling spots on the suns surface.

What are Sunspots?

100

The fifth largest satellite in the Solar System.

What is the Moon?

100

Early Earth name before the impact of Theia.

What is Gaia?

100

The hottest planet in the solar system with a surface temperature of 450 degrees Celsius. 

What is Venus?

100

An Italian astronomer sometimes described as a polymath.

Who is Galileo Galilei

200

The sun fuses 600 million tons of hydrogen into this substance every second. 

What is helium?

200

This planet is hypothesized to have slammed into Earth 4.5 billion years ago creating modern Earth and the Moon.

What is Theia?

200

This planet's atmosphere consists of about 96% carbon dioxide.

What is Mars?

200

This famous comet was last seen in 1986 is only see once every 75 to 76 years. 

What is Halley's Comet?

200

A German astronomer who lived in the 17th century and is best known for his laws of planetary motion. 

Who is Johannes Kepler

300

The aura of plasma that surrounds the Sun.

What is a corona?

300

The name of the rotation of the Moon that always shows the same side to the Earth.

What is synchronous rotation?

300

This planet takes 88 days to orbit the Sun.

What is Mercury?

300

This planet has a slow axis rotation and takes 243 earth days to complete one of its days.

What is Venus?

300

A Danish astronomer known for his accurate and comprehensive planetary observations. 

Who is Tycho Brahe?

400

The Sun's outer shell which light is radiated. 

What is the photosphere?

400

The dark and relatively featureless lunar plains on the Moon.

What is Maria?

400
The largest planet in the solar system.

What is Jupiter?

400
In 3.75 billion years, this galaxy will collide with the Milky Way. 

What is the Andromeda Galaxy? 

400

Renaissance era mathematician who formulated a model of the universe that placed the sun at the center.

Who is Nicolaus Copernicus?

500

A large bright gaseous feature extending outward from the Sun's surface.

What is a prominence?

500

Lunar soil.

What is regolith?

500

This planet has the largest and most visible ring system.

What is Saturn?

500

Two pieces of the same metal will permanently bond in space through this phenomenon. 

What is cold welding?

500

English astronomer and physicist who is recognized as one of the most influential scientists of all time.

Who is Isaac Newton?

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