Spiral Galaxies
What type of galaxy is M74?
Spiral galaxy
What unit is used to measure large distances in space?
Light-year
What galaxy is Earth located in?
The Milky Way
True or False: Sound travels in space.
False
What is Buzz Lightyear's famous quote from Toy Story?
To infinity, and beyond!
What does it mean when a galaxy is “face-on”?
We see it from above its disk
What is the Messier Catalog?
A list of deep-sky objects
Are we near the center of the Milky Way?
No
How long does light take to travel one light-year?
One-year
What is Anakin Skywalker's home planet in Star Wars?
Tatooine
Name one feature of a spiral galaxy.
Spiral arms, disk
What is star formation?
The creation of new stars from gas
Why do scientists study other galaxies?
To understand how the universe formed and evolved
What color are galaxies actually?
Mostly white, made of many stars
Cooper's daughter in "Interstellar" was named after an infamous "law". Can you name her?
Murphy
Why is M74 useful for studying spiral galaxies?
It’s clear and face-on
What telescope has taken famous images of spiral galaxies?
Hubble Space Telescope
What does studying galaxies tell us about Earth?
How small we are in the universe
What planet has blue sunsets?
Mars
Which two Avengers survive floating in space at the start of Avengers: Endgame?
Tony Stark and Nebula
What galaxy do scientists compare spiral galaxies to most often?
The Milky Way
What does “cosmos” mean?
The universe as an ordered system
True or False: Humans are the center of the universe.
False
True or False: A day on Mars is longer than its year?
What does WALL-E stand for from the movie WALL-E?
Waste Allocation Load Lifter: Earth Class