Space quiz Round 3

What is the name of the mission that discovered the first exoplanet around a Sun-like star ?

• Kepler

• COROT

• Hubble

• TESS

What is the largest volcano in the solar system ?

• Olympus Mons

• Mauna Kea

• Mount Everest

• Vesuvius

What is the term for a star that suddenly increases in brightness due to nuclear explosion on its surface ?

• Nova

• Supernova

• Pulsar

• Neutron Star

What is the distance from the Earth to the Sun called ?

• Kilometer

• Light Year

• Parsec

• Astronomical Unit

Which mission was the first to land on the surface of an asteroid and return samples ?

• NEAR Shoemaker

• OSIRIS-REx

• Hayabusa

• Rosetta

What is the name of the hypothetical boundary around a black hole beyond which nothing can escape ?

• Schwarzschild Radius

• Photon Sphere

• Event Horizon

• Singularity

What is the name of the cosmic microwave background radiation that is remnant from the early universe ?

• Neutron Radiation

• Dark Matter Radiation

• X-ray Background

• Cosmic Background Radiation

Which star is known as the "North Star" ?

• Vega

• Sirius

• Polaris

• Betelgeuse

What is the name of the interstellar space probe that has entered the heliopause ?

• Voyager 1

• Voyager 2

• Pioneer 10

• New Horizons

Which space mission was the first to directly image an exoplanet ?

• Hubble Space Telescope

• Kepler

• VLT (Very Large Telescope)

• TESS