Space Physics
Name that Satellite
Radio Waves
This Day in History
100
This former planet was reclassified in 2006 by the International Astronomical Union.
What is "Pluto"?
100
Launched in 2021, this infrared space telescope is positioned near the Sun–Earth L2 point.
What is the "James Webb Space Telescope" (JWST)?
100
Amateur radio is also referred to with this nickname.
What is ham radio?
100
On this day (Feb 24th) in 2022, the invasion of this country began.
What is Ukraine?
200
Stars generate energy primarily through this process in their cores.
What is "nuclear fusion"?
200
This NASA satellite, launched in 2006, was designed to study Pluto and flew past it in 2015.
What is "New Horizons"?
200
Radio waves are the "largest" and "lowest" of this type of radiation.
What is electromagnetic (EM) radiation?
200
On this day in 1812, this French leader signed an alliance treaty with Prussia against the Russian Empire.
Who is Napoleon?
300
These icy bodies originate primarily from the Oort Cloud and develop tails when near the Sun.
What is a "comet"?
300
Launched in 1989, this spacecraft orbited Jupiter for nearly eight years before plunging into the planet in 2003.
What is "Galileo"?
300
On this day in 1868, this U.S. president was impeached by the U.S. House of Representatives.
Who is Andrew Johnson?
400
This law states that galaxies recede from us at speeds proportional to their distance.
What is "Hubble’s Law"?
400
Launched in 2010, this solar observatory continuously monitors the Sun and provides real-time space weather data.
What is the "Solar dynamics observatory or SDO"
400
On this day in 1582, Pope Gregory XIII announced this new calendar that we still use today.
What is the Gregorian Calendar?
500
This theoretical radiation is predicted to be emitted by black holes due to quantum effects.
What is "Hawking radiation"?
500
In 2008 this Indian spacecraft confirmed the presence of water on the Moon.
What is Chandrayaan-1?
500
On this day in 1831, the Treaty of Dancing Rabbit Creek was signed ordering the removal of this native tribe from Mississippi.
What is the Choctaw Tribe?