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Inner core
Outer core
Core
100
This heavenly body is 1/400 the size of our sun.
What is the moon?
100
The number of major arms the Milky Way contains.
What is 4?
200
What is the inner core mostly made up of?
iron and nickle
200
Because of apparent magnitude, this star appears to be the brightest.
What is the sun?
200
Bright spots of light seen in a galaxy that appears to be one big star.
What is a globular cluster?
300
Pulsars are a spinning version of these.
What is a neutron star?
300
Friction with the earth's atmosphere causes these to ignite, and are called "shooting stars."
What is a meteor?
300
The Milky Way's halo is located outside this spiral galaxy component.
What is the disk?
400
Like stars, this is the hottest color flame.
What is blue flame?
400
This has a fixed orbit around the earth every 76 years.
What is Haley's Comet?
400
A bright collection of stars in the center of a spiral galaxy's arms.
What is the bulge?
500
The name of the star closest to in our solar system.
What is Proxima Centauri?
500
The overwhelming force in a black hole that causes even light to be unable to escape.
What is gravity?
500
Everything that exists.
What is the universe?