Astronomy
Solar System
Technology
History
Sci-Fi
Myths
100
what is the closest star(s) to our solar system, and how far is it?
Proxima Centauri, 4.35 light years away
100
name the two most prevalent gases in the gas giants?
Helium and Hydrogen
100
modern liquid fuel rocket engines use what two propellants?
-fuel
-oxidizer
100
What year was the mission Apollo 11?
1969
100
what is the highest grossing sci-fi series ever?
Star Wars (10.3 billion)
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100
what group of people deny a proven fact about the shape of the earth?
flat earthers
200
without going over, in light years, how wide is the observable universe? (diameter)
around 93,000,000,000
200
name all 4 gas giants
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune
200
name two of the space shuttles
Enterprise, Columbia, Challenger, Discovery, Atlantis, Endeavour
200
what was the first ever satellite made by man?
Sputnik
200
what is widely considered to be the best sci-fi TV series of all time?
Star Trek
200
the sky isn't actually blue, what color is it?
purple
300
what is the brightest thing in the universe?
a Quasar
300
what is the largest moon of Jupiter?
Ganymede
300
name one of the five mars rovers
Sojourner, Spirit, Opportunity, Curiosity, Perseverance
300
what is the name of the first man in space?
Yuri Gagarin
300
what movie was considered the starting point of CGI in sci-fi movies?
Tron
300
many people believe the sun is burning/made of fire, what is the sun actually made of?
plasma
400
the death of a star can lead to two events, name both
-supernovae
-formation of black holes
400
what is the magnetosphere of the sun named?
the heliosphere
400
without going over, how many active satellites are there in low earth orbit?
3372
400
In what year did the voyager probe leave the solar system?
2012
400
what movie is the AI robot "HAL" from?
2001 A Space Odyssey
400
many people believe black holes "suck in" matter, how do black holes actually manipulate light and matter?
they use their immense gravitational pull
500
what is the condensed matter at the core of a neutron star called?
Nuclear Pasta
500
The Cassini space probe was de-orbited into Saturn following a ground breaking discovery related to which of its moons?
Enceladus
500
what is the name of the engines used by the Saturn V rocket?
Rocketdyne F-1
500
what was the name of the soviet "space dog"?
Laika
500
what classic sci-fi film of the 1980s was also the highest grossing movie of the decade?
E.T.
500
many people believe that summer is caused by the earth being closer to the sun, what is it actually caused by?
the tilt of the earths axis
