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