Stars
The Belts
Planets/Exoplanets
Miscellaneous things
100

What is the biggest star?

Stepheson 2-18

100

What is beyond the Kuiper belt?

The Oort cloud.

100

What is the exoplanet that has a extra large ring system and is nicknamed "Super Saturn".

J1047B

100

Name the layers of the atmosphere.

Troposphere, Stratosphere, Mesosphere, Thermosphere, and Exosphere.

200

What happens when a supermassive star explodes?

A supernova.

200

What separates the inner planets from the outer ones?

The Asteroid Belt.

200

Is Earth the only known planet with life?

NOPE. Estimates suggest there could be hundreds of millions, or even billions, of potentially habitable planets within our galaxy, and trillions more in the known universe.

200

What happens if a supermassive star at least 20x bigger than the sun explodes?

A black hole will form by immense gravity and the star collapsing on itself.

300

What happens at a stars core?

Nuclear fusion.

300

What are 5 known dwarf planets in the Kuiper belt?

Pluto, Haumea, Makemake, Eris, and Quaoar.

300

An egg-shaped gas giant, "hot Jupiter" being torn apart by its host star.

Wasp-12 B

300

Does the Sun really burn?

No. It undergoes unclear fusion. Nuclear fusion is a reaction in which two or more atomic nuclei combine to form a larger nuclei, nuclei/neutron by-products. 

400

Why are star colors different?

It depends on the stars heat and surface tempature.

400

What are the main components for the objects in the Kuiper belt?

  • They are primarily made of ice, including frozen methane, ammonia, and water. 
400

Name all the planets in the solar system by size, from biggest to smallest or smallest to biggest.

Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Earth, Venus, Mars, and Mercury. Or for smallest to biggest, Mercury, Mars, Venus, Earth, Neptune, Uranus, Saturn and Jupiter

400

The smallest and largest moon in the Solar System.

Largest: Ganymede. Smallest: Deimos.

500

How exactly are stars formed?

Through the gravitational collapse of massive, cold clouds of gas and dust, primarily hydrogen and helium, within a galaxy.

500

How many AU away is the Asteroid belt from the sun?

Between 2.2 and 3.2 astronomical units away.

500

Largest, smallest, coldest, and hottest planet in the solar system.

Largest: Jupiter. Smallest: Mercury. Hottest: Venus. Coldest: Uranus.

500

What is nuclear fission?

Nuclear fission is a reaction in which the nucleus of an atom splits into two or more smaller nuclei.

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