The Solar System
Earth's "twin sister," and the hottest planet in the solar system
Besides the Sun, this star is the closest to us
What is Proxima Centauri?
A name for the area around a star where rocky planets could have liquid water on the surface.
What is the habitable zone or the "goldilocks zone"?
This NASA program aims to send humans back to the moon
What is the Artemis Mission?
Not even light can escape it
What is a black hole?
This planet has been knocked on its side
What is Uranus?
This star sits in the constellation of Orion's right shoulder, and may have already exploded. Also the name the title and antagonist of a popular 1988 film.
What is Beetlejuice?
Name one method we use to detect exoplanets.
What is the radial velocity/transit/direct imaging/gravitational microlensing/astrometry?
This spacecraft also functions as a massive telescope, and stole the spotlight from the Hubble Space Telescope with its first photos.
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
The closest large galaxy to our own
What is the Andromeda Galaxy?
The only volcanic moon in the solar system
What is Io?
This diagram is used to show the relationship between color and temperature.
What is the Hertzprung-Russell diagram?
TESS stands for __________.
What is Transiting Exoplanet Survey Satellite?
This spacecraft was the only one to visit the planets of Uranus and Neptune
Voyager 2
This black hole lies at the center of our galaxy
What is Sagittarius A*
This compound makes Mars red.
What is iron (III) oxide?
By what process do atoms heavier than hydrogen form in stars?
What is nuclear fusion?
Name at least 3 types of exoplanets.
What is gas giant/super-earth/neptune-like/terrestrial?
This space probe landed on Titan, a moon of Saturn, via another probe.
What is Huygens?
Nebula that is the host to the famous "Pillars of Creation"
What is the Eagle Nebula?
The largest volcano in the solar system and the planet it is found on.
What is Olympus Mons? What is Mars?
The approximate number of miles in an astronomical unit.
What is 93,000,000 miles?
The Dragonfly mission will go to this moon.
How many light years is the sun from the Milky Way's center?
26,000 Light Years.