Planets
This planet has not been classified as a planet since 2006. What is the name of that planet?
Pluto
This object is huge and brings light to the universe?
A star
This telescope is named after a famous astronomer who provided evidence for the big bang theory.
Hubble Telescope
The big bang is …….. Years old
13.7 billion years old
The theory that Blackhole theory is part of is called this.
What is the theory of relativity?
In the solar system, this planet is the hottest to live on. What is the name of the planet?
Venus
What is the closest star to Earth other than the Sun?
Proxima Centauri
Companies like Google and Tesla use this type of technology for communications and GPS tracking.
Satellite
Who came up with the idea of the Big Bang theory?
Georges Lemaitre
The law that explains orbits is called this.
What is the law of gravity?
In the solar system, a planet is colder than all the other planets. Name that planet.
Neptune
What is the biggest star?
UY Scuti
This object was used to see across the landscape but was eventually used to look up into the nigh sky.
Telescope
What is red shift?
Evidence that stars are moving away from us
The Man who disproved stationary universe theory.
Who is Edwin Hubble?
All the planets orbit the sun but at different speeds. Which planet has the shortest year?
Mercury
How long do stars typically live?
10 billion years
This was the name of the first spaceship to land on the moon.
Apollo 11
What is an alternative name for the Big Bang Theory?
The big stretch, inflationary universe, open universe, oscillating universe, pulsating universe.
The law that dictates galaxies in surrounding space are moving away from the Earth proportional to their distance.
What is Hubble's law?
Every planet in the solar system has one or more moons, Jupiter has the most moons. How many moons does it have?
69 moons
How many stars are visible in the night sky?
5000
This is the name of the space probe that is on its way to travel outside the solar system?
Voyager 1
What happened to the temperature of the universe after the big bang?
It decreased
The theory that everything is just one-dimensional objects along a line is called this.
What is String theory?