Nebula
Galaxies
Black Holes
Celestial Phenomena
Space Exploration
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How is a nebula made?
Dust and gas from a dying star.
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What galaxy do we live in?
The Milky Way
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How are black holes made?
They are formed from the collapse of a massive star.
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How does a Lunar Eclipse happen?
When the Earth blocks sunlight from reaching the Moon, making it turn red.
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Whats the name of the farthest object we've sent into space?
Voyager 1 is a space probe that was sent in 1977, and its purpose was a flyby to Jupiter and Saturn. Currently, it is 166 AU (25 billion km) away from the sun, inside interstellar space.
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Crab nebula. The first object to be connected to a supernova explosion.
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Whats inside galaxies?
Planets, stars, gas and dust. Galaxies also have dark matter which is an invisible substance.
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a) L67 b) Cygnus X-1 c) M87 d) Sagittarius A
Sagittarius A is the supermassive black hole in the center of our galaxy/ Milky Way.
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What is the Northern Lights?
Also called Aurora Borealis, they appear when the sun emits particles, which hits Earth's magnetic field and shines different colors based on the elements in our atmosphere.
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What was the program to send astronauts to the Moon called?
The Apollo Program ran from 1961 to 1972 and has had sent people to the Moon many times.
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What does the word "nebula" mean?
Originates from the Latin word "cloud".
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a) Andromeda Galaxy b) Milky Way c) Triangulum Galaxy d) Sombrero Galaxy
Triangulum Galaxy. Its the most farthest object you can see in the night sky.
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What happens if you fall inside a black hole?
You get stretched out (spaghettification) because of a black holes gravity, and time passes by really quickly.
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What is the difference between an Asteroid, Meteor, Meteorite and Comet?
Asteroid: rock and metal objects too little to be planets.
Meteor: an Asteroid pulled into our atmosphere.
Meteorite: a meteor that landed in Earth.
Comet: ice, dust and rock orbiting the sun.
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What is the name of NASA's latest mission to send people back to the Moon?
The Artemis program's main purpose is to research more about our Moon and to see if it's possible for us to live. Also, they plan to launch the rocket sometime soon.