Solar System
Space History &
Exploration
Exploration
Stellar Evolution
The Wider Universe
Misc Space
100
What is the third planet from the Sun?
Earth
100
Who said, "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."?
Neil Armstrong
100
What color and size is our Sun?
Yellow, medium
100
What galaxy does our Solar System belong to?
The Milky Way
100
True or False: Astronauts can vote from space.
True
200
What is the order of the planets from closest to farthest to the Sun?
Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
200
Name three ancient civilizations that studied astronomy:
Sumer, Babylon, India, Ancient Egypt, Olmec, Maya, Ancient China, Ancient Greece, etc.
200
What is the explosion of a star called?
Supernova
200
What is the event that theoretically started our universe called?
Big Bang
200
What Galilean moon (Europa, Callisto, Ganymede, Io) smells like rotten eggs?
Io
300
How many moons are among the Rocky Planets?
3
300
What rover was launched in 2020 on an ongoing exploration of Mars?
Perserverance
300
What kind of star is this?
White Dwarf
300
What are the three main types of galaxies?
Elliptical, Spiral, & Irregular
300
What planet was almost named King George?
Uranus
400
What is Ceres?
Dwarf Planet
400
What two men are best known for supporting the heliocentric model?
Nicolaus Copernicus & Galileo Galilei
400
What is a star?
"Astronomical object consisting of a luminous spheroid of plasma held together by its own gravity"
400
True or False: The expansion of the universe is slowing down.
False
400
What animals did Robert Wilson and Arno Penzias, discoverers of the cosmic microwave background radiation, kick out at the Bell Labs' Holmdale Horn Antenna?
Pigeons
500
What is the region of icy objects beyond the Kuiper Belt (and where comets are speculated to come from) called?
Oort Cloud
500
What year was NASA founded in? (Closest gets points)
1958
500
What is the chart used to plot star characteristics (temperature, magnitude, luminosity, color) called? Bragging rights for getting the full name!
Hertzsprung-Russell Diagram
500
What is one of the theoretical ideas for how the universe will end?
Big Freeze or heat death, Big Rip, Big Crunch, Big Bounce, Big Slurp, etc.
500
What is this?
Voyager 1's Golden Record