Department
This is the new undergraduate coordinator.
Who is Paul Sell?
Makes up about 85% of the universe and is only gravitationally detected
What is dark matter?
In this year, Pluto became reclassified as a dwarf planet
When was 2006?
This is the magnitude of acceleration due to gravity on Earth (to 2 decimal places).
What is 9.81?
This luminous spiral structure serves as the expansive canvas for our solar system's cosmic journey
What is the Milky Way?
This is how you spell Desika's last name.
What is n-a-r-a-y-a-n-a-n?
This important star is located in the constellation Ursa Minor
Polaris
The only planet not named after a god
What is Earth?
The theoretical boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing, not even light, can escape due to the immense gravitational pull.
What is the event horizon?
The process by which gravitational tidal forces can stretch and elongate an object into a thin "pasta" like shape
What is spaghettification?
This class has pictures taken by students featured in the main lobby.
What is "Quest 2: The Art and Science of Astrophotography"?
This is the official number of constellations.
What is 88?
This is the crater that the Perseverance rover landed on.
What is Jezero crater?
A body at rest will remain at rest, unless acted upon by an external force
What is Newton's Second Law?
This was the first food eaten in space by Yuri Gagarin.
What is pureed meat? (beef and liver paste)
These are the two new astronomy clubs recently founded.
What are PULSAR and WAAM?
This 100-meter diameter telescope was canceled in favor of building the Extremely Large Telescope.
What is the Overwhelmingly Large Telescope (OWL)?
He is known as the man who "killed Pluto."
Who is Mike Brown?
This is the particle form of electromagnetic radiation (light).
Phenomenon describes the voracious devouring of one galaxy by another
What is Galactic Cannibalism?
This 8" historic telescope at CTO is named after this American astronomer.
Who is Alvan Clark?
This is the name for a new set of Jupiter-mass binary objects discovered by JWST.
What are Jumbos?
This planet has the most extreme seasons.
What is Uranus?
In General Relativity, this metric describes the geometry of spacetime around a rotating black hole.
What is the Kerr metric?
Existing within the crusts of neutron stars, forces between protons and neutrons cause them to assemble into shapes such as long cylinders or flat planes otherwise known as
What is nuclear pasta?