Cosmology Quiz

Who discovered that galaxies exist and are very far away from us?

• Albert Einstein

• Galileo Galilei

• Edwin Hubble

• Isaac Newton

What is the name of the mysterious particle that makes up dark matter?

• Neutrino

• Axion

• Muon

• Quark

When did modern cosmology get its start?

• 50 years ago

• 100 years ago

• 500 years ago

• 200 years ago

What did two teams of astronomers discover in the late 1990s?

• Neutron Stars

• Dark Energy

• Dark Matter

• Black Holes

What percentage of the mass energy in the entire cosmos is dark energy?

• 33.8%

• 50.5%

• 66.2%

• 75.0%

What is the study of the whole entire universe as a single physical object called?

• Astronomy

• Astrophysics

• Geology

• Cosmology

What did the PANTHEON+ survey measure the precise positions of?

• Supernovae

• Black Holes

• Asteroids

• Comets

What is the name of the effect that describes the accelerated expansion of the universe?

• Big Bang Effect

• Dark Energy Effect

• Dark Matter Effect

• Cosmic Inflation Effect

What is the age of the universe according to modern cosmology?

• 10.5 billion years old

• 13.77 billion years old

• 20.0 billion years old

• 25.5 billion years old

What is the name of the new streaming service that measured the precise positions of about 1,500 supernovae?

• GalaxyWatch

• AstroSurvey

• CosmicVision

• PANTHEON+