Stars
What is the name of the star we orbit around?
The Sun
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
What is the name of the rover that landed on Mars February of 2021?
Perseverance
What planets have humans set foot on?
Only Earth!
What is the name of the galaxy we reside in?
Milky Way
When is it estimated that our sun will run out of hydrogen?
5 billion years
Which planet is closest in size to Earth?
Venus
How many moons does Mars have?
Two (Phobos and Deimos)
Who were the first two people to set foot on the moon?
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
Where is the Kuiper belt located?
At the edge of our solar system, beginning just beyond Neptune
What is the largest type of star? Red giant, white dwarf, blue giant
Blue Giant
The asteroid belt is between which two planets?
Mars and Jupiter
How many days are in a year on Mars?
687
What does ISS stand for?
International Space Station
What is the Goldilocks zone?
A habitable zone around a star where the temperature is just right for liquid water to be able to exist on a planet
What is the name of the star closest to our sun?
Alpha Centuri
Titan is a moon for which planet?
Saturn
What is the distance between the sun and Mars?
142,000,000 miles
How much does your height increase when you are in space?
By 3%
How many stars are in the Milky Way Galaxy?
100-400 million
What is the name of the largest star in the universe?
UY Scuti.
Its radius is 1700 times larger than our sun!
Name a dwarf planet in our solar system besides Pluto.
Ceres, Haumea, Makemake, Eris
What is the name of the largest volcano on Mars?
Olympus Mons
What country launched Sputnik (the first artificial space satellite) into space in 1957?
USSR (Russia)
List all the planets that have rings around them.
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune