Planets
3rd Rock from the Sun
What is Earth?
The name of our solar system that is based around what we call the 'Sun'
What is the Milky Way?
When our moon is fully visible from Earth, we call it this kind of moon---when scary things happen, suppposedly
What is a full moon?
The two countries involved in the space race of the 1950s and 1960s
What is the USA and the USSR?
Toy Story features Buzz Lightyear, whose space travel catchphrase is this
What is To Infinity and Beyond?
The planet closest to the sun
What is mercury?
The Lone Star State
What is Texas?
One of the reasons Titanic hit the iceberg was that there was no light from the moon that night, meaning it was in this phase
What is a new moon?
"Saturn" and "N1" were these, which propelled their space capsules out of Earth's atmosphere with huge fireballs behind them
What are rockets?
Ryan Gosling starred in this 2026 buddy film where he meets an extraterrestrial named Rocky
What is Project Hail Mary?
This planet is NOT the closest to the sun, but due to the thick gases in its atmosphere, it is the hottest
What is Venus?
The name for a sudden eruption of radiation from the sun
What is a solar flare?
One of the two (or three?!) planets in our solar system that have no moon
What is Mercury, Venus, or Pluto?
Sputnik was the first of these---now a commonplace, used for communications, GPS, and DirectTV
What are (artificial) satellites?
"Phone home" was uttered by this creature
Who is ET?
The Giant Red Spot is actually a massive storm that has been taking place for at least 190 years on this planet.
What is Jupiter?
If a massive star collapses, it could create one of these, which sucks up anything close to it
What is a black hole?
One of Jupiter's moons contains water, and it's named after one of the continents (but with a Latin ending)
What is Europa?
The Soviets were the first to accomplish almost everything in the space race---space flight, completed orbit, crashing a probe on the moon---except this major event, which America is still the only to do
What is landing a man on the moon (manned moon landing, person on the moon, etc)?
In Star Wars, this cool guy played by Harrison Ford falls in love with Princess Leia and when she tells him she loves him, he responds, "I know"
Who is Han Solo?
This planet is almost completely tilted on its side.
What is Uranus?
Other than Hydrogen, most of a star is composed of this.
What is Helium?
The great quarterback for the Houston Oilers
Who is Warren Moon?
The first word of the anthem, and the second word of the name of the country, and name of the Soviet mission to the moon was Soyuz, meaning this
What is Union?
Houses Atreides and Harkkonen are the main rival families in this series of space movies and books