Hubble

Hubble has helped confirm that the Milky Way will merge with which nearby galaxy?

• Pinwheel Galaxy

• Sombrero Galaxy

• Andromeda Galaxy

• Virgo A

What does the Hubble constant measure?

• The density of galaxies in the universe

• the reddening of light by intergalactic dust clouds

• The luminosity of distant galaxies

• the speed of a galaxy of known redshift

• The rate of expansion of the universe

Hubble has relayed many important images in its thirty years. This is one of them. Can you identify this object where light cannot escape?

• neutron star

• spiral galaxy

• quasar

• black hole

• planetary nebula

Which of the following was a key Hubble discovery in our solar system?

• new craters on Earth's moon

• new solar wind patterns

• Detailed images of Pluto

• the first exoplanet

What is the name of the project that Hubble's data contributed to, which aimed to determine the rate of expansion of the universe?

• Cosmic Origin Spectrograph

• Hubble Deep Field

• Hubble Ultra Deep Field

• Hubble Constant Project

What significant issue did the Hubble Telescope face shortly after its launch in 1990?

• power failure

• software bug

• broke antenna

• flawed mirror

What type of orbit is the Hubble Space Telescope in?

• Geostationary orbit

• Low Earth orbit

• Polar orbit

• Sun-synchronous orbit

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NGSS.HS-ESS1-4

Which repair mission corrected the primary mirror problem of the Hubble Telescope?

• STS-31

• STS-61

• STS-103

• STS-109

The Hubble Telescope was first delivered to space aboard the:

• Challenger

• Columbia

• Discovery

• Atlantis

• Endeavour

What is the Hubble Space Telescope?

• a large telescope in space

• a shuttle rocket

• an artificial satellite

• group of astronauts

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