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Fun space quiz
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Fun and interesting facts about space
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1
How many times could you travel around the Earth at the speed of light in 1 second?
Eight times
Four times
Once
Twice
2
What will the Sun turn into when it dies?
A black hole
A white dwarf
A neutron star
A brown dwarf
3
Which planet has rings?
Mars
Saturn
Mercury
Neptune
4
If you fell into a black hole, your body would be pulled apart by gravity. This is called
Noodlefication
Linguinification
Pastafication
Spaghettification
5
The Voyager probe was launched in 1977. How long would it take to get to the nearest star?
1000 years
It's already there
10000 years
100 years
6
Valeri Polyakov holds the record for longest time in space. How long was it?
2 months
6 months
14 months
20 months
7
A comet's tail points in what direction?
It always points away from the Sun
It always trails behind the comet
It always points in front of the comet
It always points towards the Sun
8
If you could drive to the Sun at 60mph, roughly how long would it take?
16 years
800 years
177 years
8 months
9
How much longer will the Sun live?
Forever
1.5 billion years
4.5 billion years
9 billion years
10
The asteroid belt lies between which two planets?
Mercury and Venus
Earth and Mars
Mars and Jupiter
Venus and Earth
11
Who was the first person in space?
Neil Armstrong
Michael Collins
Yuri Gargarin
Buzz Aldrin
12
Alice flies to a star at 90% the speed of light. Her twin stays on Earth. When she returns...
She is younger than her twin
They are the same age
She is older than her twin
13
Which planet is closest to the Sun?
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Neptune
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Which planet has the hottest surface?
Mars
Mercury
Earth
Venus
15
How does the distance from the Moon to the Earth change over time?
It's moving away from the Earth
It doesn't
It's moving towards the Earth
16
Which of these moons is the best candidate for having alien life?
Io (Jupiter)
Deimos (Mars)
Triton (Neptune)
Enceladus (Saturn)
17
Which planet has the highest mountain in the Solar System?
Earth
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
18
Which planet orbits on its side?
Neptune
Mercury
Earth
Uranus
19
How old is the Sun?
4.5 trillion years
4.5 thousand years
4.5 billion years
4.5 million years
20
A piece of matter the size of a sugar cube from a neutron star has as much mass as...
A lorry
A mountain
A house
A car
21
How fast do you have to travel to escape a black hole?
The speed of light
You can't
The speed of sound
22
What is the name of the space probe that is furthest from Earth?
Traveller
Wanderer
Journeyer
Voyager
23
What's the best current theory for how the Moon formed?
It was put there by aliens
It was another planet captured by Earth's gravity
It flew off the Earth because it was spinning so fast
A planet crashed into Earth and tore off a chunk of rock
24
How long does light take to reach the Earth from the Sun?
8 hours
8 minutes
Immediately
8 seconds
25
Every second the Sun turns 300 million tonnes of hydrogen into 296 million tons of...
Oxygen
Helium
Iron
Copper
