Planets and Moons
This planet has the most moons in our solar system
What is Saturn? (274 moons!)
What is a nebula?
This is the name of the galaxy we live in
The Milky Way?
The Apollo 11 mission (the first mission to send people to the moon) was sent on this year. (Triple points if you can give the exact date of either takeoff or landing!)
July 16, 1969 (launched)
July 20, 1969 (landed)
either answer acceptable!
This theory describes the expansion of the universe from a dense singularity
What is the Big Bang Theory? (not the show)
This planet in our solar system has a giant storm that is called the "Great Red Spot"
What is Jupiter?
A massive star at the end of its life may explode into this
What is a supernova?
This type of galaxy has a flat disk with spiral arms
What is a spiral galaxy?
The JWST stands for this:
What is the James Webb Space Telescope?
This type of matter makes up most of the universe’s mass but does not emit light
What is dark matter?
This planet in our solar system rotates sideways
What is Uranus?
This is the closest star to Earth after the Sun.
What is Proxima Centauri?
This type of galaxy has very little structure, appearing as a smooth, featureless blob.
What is an elliptical galaxy?
This rover is currently exploring Mars as part of NASA’s Perseverance mission
What is the Perseverance rover?
This mysterious force causes the accelerated expansion of the universe
What is dark energy?
This is the brightest object in the night sky (aside from the moon)
What is Venus?
A star spends most of its life in this phase, steadily fusing hydrogen into helium
What is the main sequence?
A group of galaxies held together by gravity is called this:
What is a galaxy cluster?
This is the furthest human-made object from Earth
What is Voyager 1?
This is the leftover radiation from the Big Bang that is detectable across the universe
What is the cosmic microwave background?
This moon of Saturn has an atmosphere similar to that of Earth?
What is Titan?
This is the process by which stars produce energy in their cores
What is nuclear fusion?
This is the nearest galaxy to the Milky Way
What is the Andromeda Galaxy?
The James Webb Space Telescope primarily observes in this kind of light
What is infrared light?
This is the theory that the universe is homogeneous and isotropic on large scales (this basically means the universe looks the same on large scales)
What is the cosmological principle?