COSMICSHALA

Which of the following planet is also called morning star or evening star?

• Mercury

• Venus

• Mars

• Saturn

Indian Space Research Organisation (ISRO) launched India's first lunar probe Chandrayaan-1 in...

• March 2008

• October 2008

• August 2009

• October 2009

The point thought to represent the center of black hole is known as

• Infinitum

• Singularity

• Centrality

General relativity predicts that black holes have

• Infinite density

• Infinite mass

• Infinite volume

• Infinite space

What are comets often called

• Dirty snowballs

• Silly streakers

• Filthy dirt balls

How big are the nuclei of most comets?

• 20 miles

• 100 miles or more

• 10 miles or less

The days on which the sun's direct ray cross the celestial equator is called

• The equinox

• The solstice

• The ecliptic

• The aphelion

Who invented the telescope

• Hans Lippershey

• Hypatia

• Galileo

• Johannes Kepler

Which of the following creates the light emissions we see in planetary auroras?

• The Star or sun's corona

• A magnetic field around the planet

• Charged stellar particles hitting the atmosphere

• The cosmic background radiation

The most common type of star in the galaxy is what?

• A red giant

• A G-type star like our sun

• A red dwarf star

• Neutron star