Which of these would be the greatest distance apart?
2 Galaxies Click to see the answer
In Roman mythology, what was Mercury?
The messenger god
What is the title of the BBC TV factual space series that's been running since 1957?
The Sky At Night
How long does it take for a launch shuttle to clear the pad tower?
7 seconds
Which constellation has a Latin name meaning little bear?
Ursa Minor
Which of these options is a type of star?
Red dwarf
Which of these planets has rings?
Neptune Click to see the answer
Who was the first person to step foot on the moon?
Neil Armstrong
Planets shine because they reflect what?
Sunlight
Exploration Rovers investigated which planet between 2004 and 2018?
Mars
Who is the Hubble Space Telescope named after?
Edwin Hubble
The first person to walk on the moon was who?
Neil Armstrong
The chemical element uranium was named after which planet?
Uranus
Which of these planets was discovered in 1846?
Neptune
What is the name of Earth's moon?
Luna
Which of these planets has the shortest year?
Mercury Click to see the answer
Which planet has 9 continuous rings?
Saturn
The first manned space mission to land on the Moon was called what?
Apollo 11
Which constellation is named after the Latin word for 'crab'?
Cancer
The third planet from the Sun is which of these?
Earth
How many planets in our solar system are larger than Earth?
4
What does the first A stand for in NASA?
Aeronautics
Mars was the Roman god of what?
War
What planet in the solar system is furthest from the Sun?
Neptune
What planet is nicknamed the 'Red Planet'?
Mars
Which of these phenomena occurs on Mars?
Dust storms
What does the name of our planet 'Earth' mean in old English?
The soil itself
Himilia moons can be found orbiting which planet?
Jupiter Click to see the answer
What is the name of the first satellite sent into space?
Sputnik 1
Which planet has also been called Marduk?
Jupiter
On Venus there is little or no what?
Water
What is the nearest large astral body to the Earth?
The Moon
Where is the countdown for a shuttle launch conducted from?
Launch Control Center
The String of Pearls are a feature of which planet?
Saturn
How many ring does Uranus have?
13
Which planet was the first one to be discovered with a telescope?
Uranus
NASA is based in which state?
Texas
Earth is located in which galaxy?
The Milky Way
The Valles Marienris on Mars is what kind of feature?
Canyon
What is the seventh planet from the Sun?
Uranus
What word is used to describe the shape of the Moon's orbit around the Earth?
Ellipse
When Pluto was included, how many planets were there in the Solar System?
9
What is another name for Ursa Major?
The big dipper Click to see the answer
Which entrepreneur founded the space transport company SpaceX in 2002?
Elon Musk
How long is Mercury's year?
88 Earth days
Which of the following is no longer considered an actual planet?
Pluto
The words 'A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away...' begin which film?
Star Wars Episode IV
The words 'Space, the final frontier' open every episode of which science fiction TV show?
Star Trek
Which of these is not a word you can use to describe the shape of the Moon?
String
Which of the following is not a possible process for a star to undergo?
Choose its fate
A cluster of stars is better known by what name?
Constellation
How do astronauts warm their food aboard a space shuttle?
Inject Warm Water
Cape Canaveral, site of the Apollo launches, was named after which president until 1973?
Kennedy
Hematite makes up the surface of which planet?
Mars
Which of the following is our Solar System's only natural light source?
A Star
Which of these temperatures occur on Mercury?
Both extremes
Deimos is a moon of which planet?
Mars
Which of theses planets is closest to the sun?
Mercury
Tethys is a moon of which planet?
Saturn
Neil Armstrong walked on the moon in which year?
1969
Many of the planets are covered in what due to collisions with space matter?
Craters Click to see the answer
What is the name the first satellite that was sent into space?
Sputnik 1
Which of thse is the largest planet in the Solar System?
Jupiter
What is the largest planet in the solar system?
Jupiter
Which planet is famous for its big red spot?
Jupiter
The first spacecraft to reach the Moon was called what?
Lunar 1
What is the main element in the Sun?
Hydrogen
Which of these has a 'tail'?
Comet
What is a white dwarf?
A star
Who was one of the first American astronauts to walk on the moon?
Buzz Aldrin
What does the Earth orbit around?
The sun
In the movies, what is the Planet of the Apes?
Earth
Which planet is so light that it could float on water?
Saturn
Who was the first woman to command a space shuttle mission?
Eileen Collins
Epoch J2000 refers to which planet?
Saturn
Which planet would you find between Earth and Jupiter?
Mars
Which star is at the center of the Solar System?
The Sun
Which planet is named after the Roman God of the Sea?
Neptune
During launch and landing, who sits in the shuttle's forward flight deck left seat?
The commander
Who was the first man to set foot on the Moon?
Neil Armstrong
In our solar system which would be the coldest to live on?
Neptune
A very massive star may explode at the end of its life and form what?
Supernova Click to see the answer
The Great Red Storm is a feature of which planet?
Jupiter
Which planet is name after the King of the Roman gods?
Jupiter
Which of these objects does Mercury's surface most resemble?
Earth's moon
Dione is a moon of which planet?
Saturn
Planets that are giant balls of gas with hot liquid centers are called what?
Gas giants
About how often does a lunar eclipse occur?
At least twice a year
What is the closest planet to the Sun?
Mercury
Which component of the Milky Way makes up most of its mass?
Dark matter
Which of these planets continuely orbits Planet Earth?
The moon
Which of these orbits around a planet?
Moons
Moonlets can be found around which planet?
Saturn
Which planet takes its name from the Roman goddess of love?
Venus
Uranus' moons, like Oberon and Titania, are named after spirits in the work of who?
Shakespeare and Pope
Which grouping of stars has a Latin name that means little bear?
Ursa Minor
Which is the largest of the 4 'gas giant' planets?
Jupiter
Which of these objects normally has a highly elliptical orbit?
Comets
Metis and Leda are moons of which planet?
Jupiter
What is the scientific term for a shooting star?
Meteor
The rings of which planet are visible when looking through a telescope?
Saturn
Which of these is a theory to explain the evolution of the universe?
Big Bang
Saturn is named for the ancient Roman god of what?
Agriculture
What is the name given to parts of space where nothing can escape, not even light?
Black hole
How do we tell a planet is moving towards us?
Blue-shift
Aoede and Iocaste are moons of which planet?
Jupiter Click to see the answer
When in orbit on the Space Shuttle, astronauts experience?
Microgravity
Ananke moons can be found orbiting which planet?
Jupiter
Which planet has a core of Iron, Nickel and Rock and surrounded by a layer of metallic hydrogen?
Saturn
What does N stand for in NASA?
National
Violent explosions on the Sun are known as what?
Flares
As in the title of the 1990s sitcom, which planet is '3rd Rock From The Sun'?
Earth
Which planet is famous for the beautiful rings that surround it?
Saturn
A spiral system containing several billion stars gave its name to which chocolate bar?
Milky Way
All planets orbit the sun how?
In the same direction
Which god and planet have the alternative name 'Jove'?
Jupiter
The Rover Curiosity landed on which planet in 2012?
Mars
Europa is a major moon orbiting which planet?
Jupiter
Which planet boats 2 rings, thought to be the result of a moon impact?
Jupiter
Which of these was discovered by Apollo astronauts on the moon?
Moonquakes
What might appear in the place of a collapsed star?
Black hole
What kind of eclipse do we have when the moon is between the sun and the Earth?
Solar
Who was the first man to travel into Space?
Yuri Gagarin
How do we tell how the planets are moving?
Red-shift
What is the third planet from the Sun?
Earth
Which constellation takes its name from the Latin for 'water bearer'?
Aquarius
Which 1995 film starring Tom Hanks depicted a real life near-disaster in space travel?
Apollo 13
What does the term asteroid mean?
Star-like
Which constellation takes its name from the Latin word for 'fishes'?
Pisces
What do we call two stars which are close enough to affect each other's orbits?
Binary Stars
What do we call the theory which claims that a small mass blew up and grew, creating the universe?
The Big Bang Theory
The Cassini division is a feature of which planet?
Saturn
What fusion reaction is occurring in the sun's core?
Hydrogen into helium Click to see the answer
Where is the NASA headquarters located?
Washington
In ancient times what was believed to be a bad omen?
Comets
Nicolaus Copernicus argued that which of these planets was the centure of everything?
The Sun
How many moons orbit Mars?
2
Which astronomer gets a mention in Queen's song 'Bohemian Rhapsody'?
Galileo
What type of planet is Pluto now known as?
Dwarf
Chinese Astronomers called which planet the 'fire star'?
Mars
Quasars are distant galaxies whose central regions are thought to contain a what?
A black hole
Which of these is a type of star?
Red dwarf
What was the name of the first spacecraft to visit Uranus?
Voyager 2
What is at the center of our solar system?
The Sun
How many moons does Earth have?
1
Uranus' tilt is thought to be due to a collision with what soon after its formation?
Another planet
Which planets are Jupiter's closest Neighbors in the solar system?
Mars and Saturn
What is the name of the sixth planet from the Sun which features an extensive ring system?
Saturn
Our planet is cocooned by how many metric tons of space debris?
6,300
Best known as the first man to walk in space, who was scheduled to become the first Soviet to walk on the moon?
Alexei Leonov
What is the brightest planet in the night sky?
Venus
Where would you be if you were admiring the retired space shuttle in Gorky Park?
Moscow
Herse and Kale are moons of which planet?
Jupiter
Which of these orbits earth?
The moon
Which planet is nearest to the Sun?
Mercury
Which of these theories shares its name with a hit science sitcom?
The big bang theory
What is the center of the Sun called?
Core
One of the courses of Tsukuba Space Center is the International Space Center Course. In this course what module does it offer?
Kibo
When some shuttle astronauts reach space they feel ill, what is this called?
Space sickness
What makes the moon rise?
Earth's rotation
The word 'astrophysics' is based on Greek words. What does 'astro' mean?
Star
Where is the furthest a human has been in space?
The moon
Which sitcom, which began in 1988, takes its name from the smallest type of hydrogen-burning star?
Red Dwarf
Amazonis Planum is a period of which planets history?
Mars
What trace gas gives Neptune its brilliant blue hue?
Methane
What do astronauts use to wash their hair in space?
Vacuum hoses
Which is the brightest star in our night sky?
Sirius
Astronaut Chris Hadfield played which song on the International Space Station in 2013?
Space Oddity
Which constellation takes its name from the Latin word for 'twins'?
Gemini
In what year did man first take his step on the moon?
1969
What color is Uranus?
Blue
Carpo and Elara are moons of which planet?
Jupiter
Which planet is the only one not named after a Greek or Roman god?
Earth
How many space shuttles actually flew in space?
Five
What planet lies between Earth and Jupiter?
Mars
What does the first 'A' in 'NASA' stand for?
Aeronautics Click to see the answer
Which planet comes between Venus and Mars?
Earth
Which planet has a nikel iron core?
Earth
Which of these organizations is involved with space exploration?
NASA
How high above the Earth does Hubble Space Telescope orbit?
347 miles
Neptune has the fastest winds of any solar system planet what speeds do they reach?
1,300 mph
How long does it take to get to the moon from Earth in a space shuttle?
3 Days Click to see the answer
What do we call a cosmic body of such intense gravity that nothing, not even light, can escape?
Black Hole
Who was the first US astronaut to orbit the Earth?
John Glenn
A spherical group of stars bound together by gravity is known as a what?
Globular cluster
Which planet is named after the Roman goddess of Love?
Venus
Apollo 11 landed in which ocean upon completion of their moon landing mission?
North Pacific
The Jodrell Bank Observatory in in which English county?
Cheshire
Which planet is named after the Roman God of War?
Mars
Very light snow is known to occur at high latitudes on which planet?
Mars
How long does it take for Venus to rotate once on its axis (in earth days)?
224 Click to see the answer
Which of these moons of Jupiter is the largest?
Ganymede
The largest moon in the Milky Way is called what?
Ganymede
Which absorbs heat from the sun more quickly?
Rocks and soil
What is the distance from the earth to the moon?
250000 miles
What can a red giant star become?
Supernova
How many astronauts live on board the station when it's fully staffed?
6
What is the hottest planet in our solar system?
Venus
What term is used to describe the study of the composition of stars?
Astrophysics
What does N stand for in NASA?
National
In terms of composition, what is the second most prominent element on Mercury?
Sodium
A stars life cycle is mainly stable because the forces contained within it are…….?
Balanced
How many of the planets in our Solar System are composed of silicate rocks rather than gases?
4 Click to see the answer
In Earth hours, roughly how long is a day in Jupiter?
9
What's the Latin name for the constellation 'The Winged Horse'?
Pegasus
Which planet in our Solar System orbits the Sun in the shortest time?
Mercury
Planet Earth is located in which of these galaxies?
Milky Way
What is the name for a stellar explosion that briefly outshines an entire galaxy?
Supernova
Which planet spins on an almost horizontal access unlike the others which spin on almost vertical ones?
Uranus
Which was the first planet predicted to existence by mathematical calculations?
Neptune
What is the name of the black hole thought to exist at the center of the Milky Way?
Sagittarius A*
The Ring named Courage is a feature of which planet?
Neptune
The moon Titan orbits what planet?
Saturn
Mariner 4 was the first ship to flyby which planet?
Mars
When the line of Orion's belt is extended in the southeast direction, it points to what?
Sirius
What is the major constituent of Saturn's rings, more than 90 percent of their mass?
Water ice
A Jupiter year is the same as how many Earth days?
11.9
In the sitcom The Big Bang Theory, which character is an astronaut?
Howard Click to see the answer
Most asteroids are found between which two planets?
Mars and Jupiter
Venus was the Roman goddess of what?
Love and beauty
Which type of galaxy is the Milky Way?
Barred Spiral
Which planet in our solar system is by far the coldest planet?
Uranus
John Glenn was how old when he flew into space?
77
The Dawn spacecraft is due to land where in 2015?
Ceres
Who is famous for his work on the motion of planets?
Johannes Kepler
Which planet has just 38% the Gravity of Earth?
Mercury
Which planet is found between Mars and Saturn?
Jupiter
The United States successfully orbited its first satellite in January 1958. What was it called?
Explorer 1
The 'Red Planet' is better known as what?
Mars
Which one of these is not considered one of the four 'Terrestrial Planets?
Jupiter
Which chewing gum was chosen by NASA for its Gemini astronauts in 1964?
Trident
Which dwarf planet was discovered in 2005 by Mike Brown?
Eris
How is a planet outside of the solar system known?
Exoplanet
What is the only spacecraft to have visited Uranus?
Voyager 2
Sol is the name given to which body in the solar system?
Sun
Which of these is the real name of a dwarf planet in the Solar System?
Make make Click to see the answer
Which of the following is not a known type of star?
Green dwarf
What's the storm in Saturn's northern hemisphere every 30 years or so called?
The Great White Spot
How many known moons orbit Pluto?
5
Which of these planets has the lowest gravitational pull?
Mercury
How many stars are in our Milky Way galaxy?
300 billion
What is the surface temperature of Mercury during the day?
427 C
Which astronomer discovered Uranus and many of its moons?
Sir William Herschel
The largest structure in space built by humans is called the International what?
Space Station
Which planet has 27 known natural satellites?
Uranus
In March 1965, Alexei Leonov became the first person to do what?
Walk In Space
In what year did the first man walk on the moon?
1969
The Orion constellation is located on the?
Celestial Equator
About how long does it take the moon to orbit the Earth?
A month
Which of these planets is the fifth coldest?
Jupiter
How do scientists know about dark matter?
Calculated its existence
The hottest planet in the Solar System is which of these?
Venus
What planet is famous for its big red spot?
Jupiter
In Earth hours, roughly how long is a day in Uranus?
13
Mariner 10 in the 1970s was sent to visited which planet?
Mercury
Which is the densest planet in our solar system?
Earth
Astronaut Alan Shepard hit a what while on the moon in 1971?
Golf ball Click to see the answer
What was the name of the space shuttle that exploded shortly after takeoff in January 1986?
Challenger
What is the nearest star to the earth?
Sun
The first spacecraft that reached the Moon was called what?
Lunar 1
The ESA mission BepiColombo is aimed at reaching what planet?
Mercury
The Cosmonaut Training center in Star City is in which country?
Russia
Which of the following moons of Neptune is the largest?
Triton
Which telescope was launched into space in 2008?
Fermi
What is the third planet from the Sun?
Earth
Out of these planets, which has the shortest day?
Jupiter
Which mythical god gave their name to the US space missions that first landed man on the Moon?
Apollo
Which of these countries has not sent astronauts to the International Space Station?
North Korea
Who was the first British citizen to go into Space?
Helen Sharman
Which of these usually burns up in the Earth's atmosphere?
Meteor
The rings around which planet were first discovered in 1977?
Uranus
Which member of Queen handed in his astronomy PhD thesis in 2007, 36 years after having started it?
Brian May
What is India's Space Agency called?
Antrix
Planets that are giant balls of gas with hot liquid centers are called what?
Gas giants
Building the space station required more than how many rocket launches?
40
Which planet has a tilt of only 1/30 of a degree?
Mercury
Galileo was the first to discover which planet in the 17th Century?
Mercury
Earth completes a rotation on its own axis in how many hours?
24
which planet gets its name from an Anglo Saxon word meaning soil?
Earth
How far above the surface of the Earth does the space station fly?
248 miles
The tallest planet mountain in the Solar System is on which planet?
Mars Click to see the answer
The first resident crew arrived at the International Space Station in what year?
2000
What was the name of the US space probe launched in 1990 to study the Sun's poles?
Ulysses
Which was the first planet predicted to existence by mathematical calculations?
Neptune
Nicolaus Copernicus ,the Astronomer, was born in which century?
15th
Encleadus is a moon of which planet?
Saturn
Titan is the largest moon of which planet?
Saturn
Space rock that enters the Earth's atmosphere is known as a what?
Meteor
Which planet has the longest year?
Neptune
Which planet is orbited by 67 known natural satellites?
Jupiter
Which constellation is named after the Latin word for 'swan'?
Cygnus
What was the nationality of the first person in space who was neither American nor Soviet?
Czech
What name was applied to the first team of NASA astronauts, formed in 1959?
Mercury 7
In 1991, the Space Shuttle STS-40 took 2,478 of which type of creature into space?
Jellyfish
Iapetus is a moon of which planet?
Saturn
Which of these planets has the lowest gravitational pull?
Mercury
Which planet is found between Mars and Saturn?
Jupiter
Which kind of hole would interest an astronomer?
Worm
The Anglo Saxon word Erda gives its name to which planet?
Earth
Which planet was most like Earth 4 billion years ago?
Mars
Approximately how long is a lunar month?
28 days
Roughly how many functioning satellites are zipping around our planet right now?
1000
The Hubble telescope was first launched in what year?
1990
Uranus takes about how many years to orbit the Sun?
84
Which planet is nicknamed the 'red planet'?
Mars
Which planet is most similar in size to Earth?
Venus
Which planet does not experience seasons?
Mercury
Which gas makes up most of the atmosphere of Mars?
Carbon dioxide Click to see the answer
What does the name of our planet 'Earth' mean in old English?
The soil itself
What is the approximate speed of light?
300,000 Km/sec
Of these planets, which has the highest gravitational pull?
Jupiter
Which of these famous sportsmen had died before any of the others was?
W.G.Grace
Name the two planets in our solar system without moons?
Mercury & Venus
How many Earth years does it take Pluto to orbit the Sun?
248
Which guitarist earned a PhD in astrophysics in 2007?
Brian May
Which asteroid is named after an ancient Roman goddess, the protector of the state?
Juno
In astronomy, what does 'VLT' stand for?
Very Large Telescope
What is the orbital period, in earth years, of Eris?
557
Which body takes 248 earth years to orbit the sun?
Pluto
Hubble photographed Comet Shoemaker-Levy 9's crash into Jupiter in what year?
1994
Who was the first human to die on a space mission?
Vladimir Komarov
Where in the solar system is the Sea of Showers?
On the moon
Which word is applied to people trained by the Russian Space Agency to work in space?
Cosmonauts
Which of the following moons of Saturn is the largest?
Titan
National Aeronautics and Space Administration is better known as what?
NASA
Who composed the orchestral suite 'The Planets'?
Gustav Holst
What is the name of the 2nd biggest planet in our solar system?
Saturn
Which planet's moons are all named after Shakespearean characters?
Uranus
Which planet has an average surface temperature of -201 degrees Celsius?
Neptune
About how heavy is the air around Earth?
5 million, Billion tons
What is the closest star to the Sun?
Proxima Centauri
Which of these bodies has a moon called Charon?
Pluto
The International Space Station was first launched in what year?
1998
Which of these planets is closer to the sun that the others?
Mercury
Which chemical element shares its name with a planet and a Roman God?
Mercury
How many moons does Mercury have?
0
How is a planet outside of the solar system known?
Exoplanet
When did Sally Ride became the first woman in space and the last episode of M*A*S*H was aired - which year was it?
1983
What was the first asteroid to be discovered?
Ceres
What was the name of the British Mars lander that was lost in 2003 and found again in 2015?
Beagle-2
Which NASA mission carried out the first flyby of Saturn, in 1979?
Pioneer 11
Which planet was the first founded by mathematical prediction?
Neptune
Which of these Uranian moons is largest?
Titania
Who was the first American to be launched into space?
Alan Shepard
Charon was discovered in 1978 but which planet is it a satellite to?
Pluto
Which is the second smallest planet in the solar system?
Mars
How many Russians have walked on the moon so far?
0
What is the fifth largest planet?
Earth
Who officially discovered Pluto?
Tombaugh
Which planet takes 164 earth years to orbit the Sun?
Neptune
Which of these stars would be the hottest?
Blue star
Egptian Priests labelled which planet 'Her Desher'?
Mars
Which planet's moons did Galileo observe?
Jupiter
Which planet has 14 known satellites?
Neptune
The constellation Ursa Major is known by what name in English?
Great Bear
The adjectives Telluric and Terran relate to which body?
Earth
What is the second most abundant element in the Earths Mass?
Oxygen
How many moons does Pluto have?
At least 5
Phobos and Deimos are both moons to which of these planets?
Mars
Most asteroids are found between which planets?
Mars and Jupiter
Which planet has the lowest density?
Saturn
Which planet was discovered by Johann Galle on 1846?
Neptune
Styx is a moon of which body?
Pluto
What type of planet is Pluto now known as?
Dwarf
Which body in the solar system lost its status as a planet in 2006?
Pluto
What causes meteor showers?
Debris from comets
Which planet was the first one to be discovered with a telescope?
Uranus Click to see the answer
What are most of the solar system's planets named after?
Roman Gods
Which planet had 931 artificial satellites at the start of 2011?
Earth
What is the biggest planet in our solar system?
Jupiter
The Crab Nebula, first seen in 1952, is located in which constellation?
Taurus
Which planet or dwarf planet in our system takes about 29.5 years to orbit the Sun?
Saturn
Which planet has only 2 moons?
Mars Click to see the answer
Earth is the only planet in our solar system with abundant what?
Water
Vast empty space with little or no galaxies can be found are known as which of these?
Voids
The Equator forms a major part of which planet?
Earth
The Tropic of Capricorn is feature on which planet?
Earth
Which of these is a feature of Neptune?
Great Dark Spot
In Earth hours, roughly how long is a day in Saturn?
10
Which planet has moons called Triton, Proteus and Hippocamp?
Neptune
What does the Russian word Sputnik mean?
Travelling companion
The Sea of Tranquility is on which planet?
Moon Click to see the answer
In which year did man last walk on the Moon?
1972
Which planet's largest moon is called Ganymede?
Jupiter
What planet in the solar system is farthest from the Sun?
Neptune
What name is given to any small celestial body which orbits a larger one?
Satellite
Who was Commander of Apollo 17 and the last person to walk on the Moon?
Gene Cernan
The Tianwen mission to Mars launched in July 2020 from which country?
China
Which metal is found in high concentrations in asteroids?
Iridium
Hydra is a moon that orbits which body?
Pluto
What planet is famous for the beautiful rings that surround it?
Saturn
How long is one day on Jupiter?
10 hours
What year was Uranus discovered?
1846
What is 'Buzz' Aldrin's first name?
Edwin Click to see the answer
Which astronomer was noted for his formulating of the three laws of planetary motion?
Johannes Kepler
Which planet has the greatest density?
Earth
Which of these are distinctive features of the planet Saturn?
Rings
The liveable area of the space station is as big as what?
5 bedroom house
Which planet is the only planet not named after a Greek or Roman God?
Earth
How many moons does Jupiter have?
More than 60
Which of these space rockets was the largest?
Saturn V
How many planets are bigger than Earth?
4
When did Ceres become the first asteroid to be discovered?
1801
What is another name for the Moon Titan?
Saturn VI
Which planet is composed mainly of carbon dioxide?
Mars
What is the hottest planet in the Solar System?
Venus
Which of these planets was discovered before the others?
Venus
What name can sometimes precede the title of the Kuiper Belt?
Edgeworth
Which planet in our solar system is the 6th from the sun?
Saturn Click to see the answer
How hot is the sun's core, in degrees Fahrenheit?
27 million degrees
Which of these is a real feature of the Solar System?
Kuiper Belt
Between which two planets can we find the most asteroids in our solar system?
Mars And Jupiter
Which term means related to the moon?
Lunar
Jupiter is almost how much bigger than Earth?
1000 times
NASA launched which planetary probe toward Mars in 1975?
Viking 1
The Athabasca Valles can be found on which planet?
Mars
Who was the first American woman in space?
Sally Ride
Who was the first American in space?
Alan Shepard
What is the average temperature on Venus in degrees Celsius?
462
In 1930, which planet was discovered?
Pluto
Houston, we have a problem' was the famous line spoken by the Commander of which aborted U.S. space flight?
Apollo 13
The modern theory of the origin of the solar system is known as?
Solar Nebula Theory
Apollo 11 landed in which area of the Moon in 1969?
Sea Of Tranquillity
Which planet rotates on it's axis once in every 243 earth days?
Venus
More distant galaxies are moving how?
Quickest
How many planets are bigger than Earth?
4
In which year was the first walk in space?
1965 Click to see the answer
Any elements that are heavier than iron are formed from what?
Supernovas
In which year was the last and longest manned landing on the moon?
1972
Leaving in 2015, when will the planned Bepi Colombo reach Mercury?
2019
Which body in the Solar System is approximately 220,000 miles away from Earth?
The Moon
One of the problems facing astronauts in space is that there is a lot of what?
Cosmic Radiation
What's the most mass a white dwarf star can contain without becoming a black hole?
Chandrasekhar limit
What is the name of the main launch site for American spacecraft?
Cape Canaveral
In what year did the US stop intentionally degrading civilian-use GPS signals?
2000
Which of these people is a famous astronaut?
Buzz Aldrin
What is the name of the southern continent on Venus?
Aphrodite Terra
The Sun will become what in about 5 billion years?
A red giant
Phobos and Deimos are moons of which planet?
Mars
How long is a Mercury day?
58 earth days
Which one of these is the biggest?
Planets
Energy is released in stars by what?
Nuclear fusion
Charon is a moon which orbits which body?
Pluto
What is the second smallest planet in the solar system?
Mars
The constellation Lepus has which English name?
Hare
Roughly how many galaxies are there in the universe?
A thousand million
What is the second hottest planet in the solar system in terms of average temperature?
Mercury
The Term Hermian refers to which planet?
Mercury Click to see the answer
In which year did Galieli discover the four major moon of Jupiter?
1610
Naturally occurring elements are created by which process?
Fusion
The Kuiper Belt lies how many AU's away from the sun?
50
How long is a year on Uranus?
84 Earth years
Which planet in our solar system is the fastest orbiting planet?
Mercury
President Aylwin succeeded which leader in Chile in 1990?
General Pinochet
How far out into space does the Earth's magnetic field extend?
80000 km
Olympus Mons is a large volcanic mountain on which planet?
Mars
The second set of which rings on which planet were discovered by the Hubble telescope in 2003?
Uranus
What planet is the third brightest body in the solar system?
Jupiter
Triton is the largest moon of what planet?
Neptune
What animal delayed a space shuttle launch?
A woodpecker
Which planet is second closest to the Sun?
Venus
Which planet is the hottest in the Solar System?
Venus
What's the name of the type of rockets that were used for the famous Apollo space flights?
Saturn
A Saturn year is the same as how many Earth days?
29.5
What is Europe's developing satellite-navigation system operational by 2020 called?
Galileo
How many miles are in a light year?
6 trillion
Up to 12% of Jupiter is comprised of what gas?
Helium
Amidst much controversy, which country launched a long range rocket in April 2009, to 'put a satellite into orbit'?
North Korea
How many minutes did Neil Armstrong spend walking on the moon?
152
How much did the International Space Station cost to build?
$100 billion
What makes the water cycle run?
The sun
Which is the only planet not named after a Roman god or goddess?
Earth Click to see the answer
When was the first exoplanet found around a sun-like star?
1995
A stellar remnant of mostly electron-degenerate matter is known as a what?
White dwarf
Laika the dog was aboard Sputnik 2, what does 'Laika' mean in Russian?
Barker
Pluto (the planet) was almost called which name?
Zeus
What is the name of the largest moon in the Milky Way?
Ganymede
What's the name of the planet that orbits between Mercury and Earth around the sun?
Venus
A Venus year is the same as how many Earth days?
225
Which of these space bodies is actually a dirty snowball, made up of ice and dust?
Comet
In what century did William Herschel discover Uranus?
18th
Which of these will you find in space?
Neptune
In which constellation would you see the Crab Nebula?
Taurus
What name is given to the point of a planet's orbit when it is nearest to the Sun?
Perihelion
How many continuous rings does Saturn have?
9
Which body is orbited by the moon Nix?
Pluto
Hydrogen, Helium and a small amount of Methane provide the composition of which planet?
Uranus
If the moon were the size of a cherry, what object would be the same size as earth?
Orange
Asteroids are mainly made of what?
Rock
Which two planets are Gas Giants?
Saturn and Jupiter
How long does light from the sun take to reach earth?
8 minutes
When was Pluto reclassified as a dwarf planet?
2006
Based on size, how many earths could fit into the sun?
1 million
Which of these might you find in space?
Comet
Which body was discovered in 1930?
Pluto
A Neptune year is the same as how many Earth days?
165
How many sets of rings does Uranus have?
2
What is Jupiter's Red Spot?
Hurricane
In 2009, US tycoon Charles Simonyi made his second trip as a 'space tourist'. How much did it cost him?
$35 million
Which is the densest planet in our solar system?
Earth
Which quality determines whether a star will become a black hole when it dies?
Its Mass
What planet is nicknamed the 'Red Planet'?
Mars
Which of these objects is usually the largest?
A star
Which planet is sixth closest to the Sun?
Saturn
Which planet is often referred to as Earths sister planet?
Venus
Which of these planets has rings?
Neptune
How many people in total have ever walked on the moon?
12
Which of these is NOT true of the Sun?
Rises latest in November
How many moons does Venus have?
None
Who was the first woman to travel into space?
Valentina Tereshkova
Valles Marienris can be found on which planet?
Mars