Planets
This planet is known as the "Red Planet."
What is Mars?
The closest star to Earth.
What is the Sun?
The first human to walk on the moon.
Who is Neil Armstrong?
The phase of the moon when it is fully illuminated.
What is a full moon?
This is known as a “shooting star,” though it's not actually a star.
What is a meteor?
The largest planet in our solar system.
What is Jupiter?
This galaxy contains our solar system.
What is the Milky Way?
The space agency responsible for the Apollo mission.
What is NASA?
The time it takes for Earth to complete one orbit around the Sun.
What is one year?
This has/causes extreme gravity, trapping all light and matter in its path.
What is a black hole?
The planet with the most extensive ring system
What is Saturn?
A massive explosion that marks the death of a star.
What is a supernova?
The name of the rover currently exploring Mars as of 2021.
What is Perseverance?
The force that keeps planets in orbit around the Sun.
What is gravity?
This type of black hole is found at the center of most galaxies.
What is a supermassive black hole?
This planet has a day longer than its year.
What is Venus?
This type of star is extremely dense and small, often left behind after a supernova.
What is a neutron star?
The first satellite to orbit Earth.
What is Sputnik?
The boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing can escape.
What is the event horizon?
A hypothetical form of energy that makes up most of the universe’s mass-energy.
What is dark energy?
This planet rotates on its side compared to other planets.
What is Uranus?
This term describes the stretching and tearing apart of objects due to extreme gravitational forces near a black hole.
What is spaghettification?
The name of the telescope that has captured images of distant galaxies for over 30 years
What is the Hubble Space Telescope?
The phenomenon where light bends around a massive object, including black holes.
What is gravitational lensing?
The mysterious force that causes the universe to expand.
What is dark matter?