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1. What is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way?

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2. Who said "In the center rests the sun"?

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3. What are the cold remains of a white dwarf called after all its thermal energy has been exhausted?

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4. Which star has almost the same luminosity, mass and surface temperature as our sun?

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5. Which planet does not tilt as it travels in its orbit ?

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6. What is said to connect a black hole to a white hole in an alternate universe?

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7. Which one of these satellites in our solar system is thought to be a "water world"?

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8. One parsec, a unit of distance in professional astronomy, is the equivalent of how many light years?

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9. How is the Sun's energy generated?

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10. What famous astronomer was Tycho Brahe's assistant?

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11. What time of day should you view meteor showers to see them burn their brightest?

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12. Material composed of antiparticles is known as what?

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13. Believed to have portals used for solar observations, Hovenweep Castle was built by what people?

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14. Which planet was first seen in 1846?

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15. Who were the only two astronauts who flew to the Moon and also flew the space shuttle?

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16. What measure compares stars by their theoretical brightness if placed at a uniform distance?

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17. Which Mercury Seven astronaut became grounded during project Mercury but went on to fly fifteen years later in the Apollo-Soyuz test project?

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18. What former astronaut died of cancer just before he was to take a political office?

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19. Whose First Law of Planetary Motion says that every planet's orbit is an ellipse?

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20. One light-year, the distance light travels in a vacuum in one year, is equivalent to how many miles?

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21. What ancient Greek philosopher believed the sun to be a blazing rock and used that model to correctly explain eclipses?

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22. If two planets are three units apart, the force of gravity is how much less than if they were one unit apart?

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23. What planet was almost named "George's Star", after George III?

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What is the closest spiral galaxy to the Milky Way?
Who said "In the center rests the sun"?
What are the cold remains of a white dwarf called after all its...
Which star has almost the same luminosity, mass and surface...
Which planet does not tilt as it travels in its orbit ?
What is said to connect a black hole to a white hole in an alternate...
Which one of these satellites in our solar system is thought to be a...
One parsec, a unit of distance in professional astronomy, is the...
How is the Sun's energy generated?
What famous astronomer was Tycho Brahe's assistant?
What time of day should you view meteor showers to see them burn their...
Material composed of antiparticles is known as what?
Believed to have portals used for solar observations, Hovenweep Castle...
Which planet was first seen in 1846?
Who were the only two astronauts who flew to the Moon and also flew...
What measure compares stars by their theoretical brightness if placed...
Which Mercury Seven astronaut became grounded during project Mercury...
What former astronaut died of cancer just before he was to take a...
Whose First Law of Planetary Motion says that every planet's orbit is...
One light-year, the distance light travels in a vacuum in one year, is...
What ancient Greek philosopher believed the sun to be a blazing rock...
If two planets are three units apart, the force of gravity is how much...
What planet was almost named "George's Star", after George III?
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