How Big Is the Universe?

How long would it take to drive to the Moon at a constant speed of 100 km/h?

• About 50 years

• About 19 years

• About 160 days

• Over 70,000 years

What is the standard measuring stick for distances in our solar system?

• The Parsec

• The Astronomical Unit

• The Kilometer

• The Lightyear

How long does light from the Sun take to reach Earth?

• 1 second

• 8 minutes and 20 seconds

• About 4 hours

• 24 hours

What is the farthest human-made object from Earth?

• New Horizons

• Voyager 1

• The Hubble Space Telescope

• The International Space Station

What does the Oort Cloud represent in our solar system?

• The boundary of the Milky Way

• The edge of the solar system's influence

• The location of the asteroid belt

• The center of the solar system

What is the name of the closest star system to our Sun?

• The Virgo Supercluster

• The Andromeda Galaxy

• Alpha Centauri

• The Local Group

What is the approximate diameter of the Milky Way?

• About 1,000 light years

• About 100,000 light years

• About 93 billion light years

• About 10 million light years

How far does the human radio bubble extend?

• 10,000 light years

• 1 light year

• 1 million light years

• About 100 light years

How long would light take to travel from one end of the Local Group to the other?

• 10 million years

• 100,000 years

• About 100 years

• 1 year

What is the nature of the universe's expansion?

• It is contracting over time

• It has been expanding since the Big Bang

• It is static and unchanging

• It expands and contracts cyclically