Space History
Cosmology
Astro - Chemistry
Celestial Astronomy
Quantum Astronomy
100
Who was the first man to go to space?
Yuri Gagarin
100
How old is the Observable Universe? (3sf)
13.8 Billion Years
100
What are the first three Elements in Star Formation?
Hydrogen, Helium, Carbon
100
What Phenomenon is this?
Super Nova
100
which particles are said to be responsible for dark matter?
WIMPs (weakly interacting massive particles)
200
Who was the second astronaut to land on Moon?
Buzz Aldrin
200
What Astronomical Phenomenon is used to understand the origin of Galaxies and look for signs of the very first moments after the Big Bang?
CMB (Cosmic Microwave Background)
200
What is the last Element formed in Star Core
Iron Fe
200
What is the donut-shaped region of icy bodies extending beyond the orbit of Neptune in the Solar System called?
Kuiper Belt
200
What did Richard Feynman discover?
Quantum Electrodynamics / Feynman Diagram / Superfluidity
300
Which astronomical event, first theorized by Einstein's Theory of General Relativity, was first observed in 2015 by LIGO?
Gravitational Waves
300
What is the opposite of the Big Crunch Theory leading to the lonely death of the universe?
The Big Freeze Theory
300
Which planet has a thick atmosphere composed mostly of carbon dioxide?
A) Mars
B) Venus
C) Jupiter
D) Saturn
Venus
300
What type of Nebula is this?
Dark Nebula
300
What is this facility built to detect?
Neutrino Detector
400
What component of the Challenger Space Shuttle caused its disintegration?
O-Rings Seal
400
What hypothetical structure is considered a characteristic of a Type II civilization?
Dyson Sphere
400
What term describes the region where high-evergy UV radiation in nearby stars causes the ionization of molecules, influencing the chemical composition of the surrounding gas?
Photon-dominated Region (PDR)
400
What is the distance within which the gravitational field of a large body is strong enough to prevent any smaller body from being held together by gravity?
Roche Limit
400
How was the bending of light by spacetime proved?
The bending of light by spacetime was discovered through observations during a solar eclipse in 1919, which confirmed Albert Einstein's prediction from his theory of General Relativity or Gravitational Lensing
500
What is the name of the first exoplanet ever discovered orbiting a main sequence star?
51 Pegasi b
500
What term describes the hypothetical boundary of the observable universe beyond which no information or matter can ever reach an observer due to the expansion of the universe?
Cosmological Horizon
500
What is the "snowline" in astrochemistry?
The snowline is the region in a protoplanetary disk where temperatures drop low enough for volatile compounds like water, ammonia, and methane to condense into ice, affecting the distribution of materials and planet formation.
500
What is the Chandrasekhar Limit and what does it signify?
Maximum Mass at which a star can become a white dwarf and above which the star will collapse to form a neutron star or black hole
1.4/1.39 solar mass
500
What is represented in the image and what is ψ?
Hydrogen Wave Function is shown in image
Psi ψ is the symbol for wave function