The History of Space Exploration

Question 1

Where do scientists study the night sky, stars and the planets in space?

Accepted Answer

In an observatory

Question 2

Which scientist demonstrated that Earth orbits the Sun, not the other way around?

Accepted Answer

Nicolaus Copernicus

Question 3

The Voyager 1 spacecraft captured an iconic image of Earth as a tiny, pale blue dot from the edge of the solar system.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 4

Johannes Kepler discovered that planets orbit the Sun in ellipses, and they speed up when they get closer to the Sun.

Accepted Answer

True

Question 5

The theory that suggests that Earth is at the center of the Universe is called "geocentrism".

Accepted Answer

True

Question 6

What did Edwin Hubble's observations reveal?

Accepted Answer

The universe is expanding, There a billions of galaxies in the universe

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