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What conditions are necessary for life?
A source of energy, liquid water
What is the largest planet in our Solar System?
Jupiter.
What can be observed when the moon passes through the Earth’s shadow?
A lunar eclipse.
What are the four largest planets?
The four largest planets in order of size are Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.
A lunar eclipse occurs when people on earth cannot see the?
Moon.
Does life exist outside of the solar system?
No evidence of life beyond earth.
What force keeps planets in orbit around the sun?
Gravity.
Most astrophysicists believe that the universe began with what?
The Big Bang.
Do the planets have moons?
The planets in our solar system that have moons are Jupiter, Earth, Mars, Saturn and Neptune.
The seasons depend on?
The angle of sunlight at different parts of the world.
Why do we need an extremely large telescope like the Giant Magellan Telescope?
With its massive mirrors and precise instrumentation, the GMT will find the earliest objects at the extreme edge of the observable Universe and usher in a new era of cosmology.
The asteroid belt is located between which two planets?
Mars and Jupiter.
What are Russian astronauts called?
Cosmonauts.
What is a supernova?
Supernovae are exploding stars.
The light and heat generated by stars is the result of?
Nuclear fusion.
How do stars and planets form and evolve?
From a cloud of gas and dust called the solar nebula.
The sun is made primarily of what gas?
Hydrogen.
Moonlight is an incorrect term because?
The moon reflects light from the sun.
The seas on the moon are actually?
Smooth rock plains probably formed from volcanic activity.
The most likely final form of our sun in its life cycle is a?
Black dwarf.
Can a star turn into a planet?
Yes a star can turn into a planet.
Who was the first person to walk on the moon?
Neil Armstrong.
What is the horned shape of the moon called?
Crescent.
A full moon occurs when the sun, the earth and the moon are?
In a line.
The colour of the coolest stars is?
Red.