Planets
Known as the Red Planet
What is Mars?
Name given to a star which begins its life in this huge cloud of gas and dust
What is a Nebula?
Type of technology used to view far away objects
What is a telescope?
This event is believed to mark the beginning of the universe about 13.8 billion years ago.
What is the big bang?
This is a measure of distance in space
What is a light year?
This planet is no longer recognised as a planet in our solar system
What is Pluto?
This is the longest stage of a star’s life, where it fuses hydrogen into helium
What is a main sequence?
The ISS is a large spacecraft that orbits Earth where astronauts live and work. It stands for?
What is the International Space Station?
The universe has been doing this ever since the Big Bang.
What is expanding?
The first man on the moon
Who is Neil Armstrong?
This is the largest planet in our solar system.
What is jupiter?
A massive star explodes in a dramatic event called this.
What is a Supanova?
Telescopes are often launched out to space to orbit the atmosphere because of this reason
What is dust and distortion caused by atmosphere?
This leftover energy from the Big Bang can still be detected all around us.
What is Cosmic Background Radiation?
Who is Buzz Aldrin
This is the hottest planet in the Solar system
What is Venus?
A small or medium-sized star will end its life by becoming this hot, dense core.
What is a white dwarf?
Launched in 1990, this telescope orbits Earth and takes clear images of space without atmospheric distortion.
What is the Hubble Telescope?
Tiny differences in the early universe later formed these huge groups of stars.
What are galaxies?
The first country to get to space
Who is Russia?
In 2000, this many planets were recognised as part of our solar system
What is 9?
This ultra-dense remnant is formed only by the collapse of the most massive stars and is detected by observing rapid spinning and strong radio wave pulses.
What is a pulsar?
The Hubble Telescope detects mainly these two types of waves, allowing scientists to observe distant galaxies and stars.
What is visible and ultraviolet light?
The first elements formed after the Big Bang were mostly hydrogen and helium. Heavier elements, like carbon and oxygen, were created later by these
What are stars?
This is the closest galaxy to our galaxy
What is the Andromeda galaxy?