Cosmos - Episode 3

Front

"disaster" comes from the Greek words for...

Back

"bad star"

Front

Every time comets come close to the sun, part of them

Back

evaporates

Front

The Oort cloud is a vast swarm of ___ surrounding the sun.

Back

comets

Front

Our solar system is ___ from the center of the Milky Way.

Back

30,000 light-years

Front

Who made the first accurate star map of the Southern Hemisphere?

Back

Edmond Halley

Front

Nulius in verba is Latin for...

Back

See for yourself

Front

Coffeehouses became popular because people became...

Back

equals

Front

The scientist who first calculated how the planets move in ellipses was...

Back

Isaac Newton

Front

Halley's comet appears once every...

Back

76 years

Front

What will happen several billion years from now? Options: Earth will leave the solar system. The sun will collapse. The Milky Way will disperse. The Milky Way will merge with Andromeda.

Back

The Milky Way will merge with Andromeda