Stars
This one is found in Ursa Minor and is called "the North Star" as its nickname.
What is Polaris?
This planet is so tilted it seems to lie on its side.
What is Uranus?
Thuban is the main star in this dragon-like constellation.
What is Draco?
Developed the law of universal gravitation.
Who is Isaac Newton?
The term "spiral" applies to the shape of one of these.
What is a galaxy?
The explosion of a star.
What is a super nova?
The outermost planet in our solar system.
What is Pluto?
Sirius appears in this constellation named after a big dog.
What is Canis Major?
Developed a better telescope which found evidence of Copernicus' sun-centered view of the universe.
Who is Galileo?
Frozen chunks of ice and dust that orbit the sun.
What are comets?
When two stars are bound together by gravity such as Sirius A and Sirius B.
What is a binary star?
The fastest-moving planet in our solar system.
What is Mercury?
Betelgeuse is the star amidst this warrior constellation?
What is Orion?
He was the first man to set foot on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
The sum total of God's creation.
What is the universe?
These kind produce rapid bursts of radio waves.
What are pulsars?
Daily Double:
The three planets that are known for their "great spots".
What is Jupiter, Saturn, & Neptune?
Aldebaran shines within this bull-headed constellation.
What is Taurus?
The first American to orbit the earth.
Who is John Glenn?
The type of orbit in which a satellite follows the direction of the earth's rotation, seeming to hover over one spot on the equator.
What is geostationary (or geosynchronous)?
The brightness a star would have if all stars were the same distance from the earth.
What is absolute magnitude?
Venus and this planet are sometimes called the "twin planets".
What is Earth?
Regulus roars in this constellation.
What is Leo?
Developed the second law of planetary motion which explained why winters in the Northern hemisphere are shorter than summers.
Who is Kepler?
The two points at which the path of the sun crosses the celestial equator.
What are equinoxes?