How far is the Moon from Earth on average?

• 500,000 kilometers

• 150,000 kilometers

• 384,400 kilometers

• 1,000,000 kilometers

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How many Earths could fit in the distance between the Earth and the Moon?

• 30

• 20

• 40

• 10

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What is the average distance between Mars and Earth?

• 401 million kilometers

• 300 million kilometers

• 225 million kilometers

• 100 million kilometers

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How long does it take for a message to travel from Mars to Earth?

• 2.5 seconds

• 1 hour

• 10 minutes

• 20 minutes

What is the current distance of Voyager 1 from Earth in astronomical units (AU)?

• 100 AU

• 120 AU

• 150 AU

• 138 AU

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Who made the famous statement about the 'Pale Blue Dot'?

• Albert Einstein

• Carl Sagan

• Stephen Hawking

• Neil Armstrong

How many light-years across is the Milky Way galaxy?

• 75,000 light-years

• 50,000 light-years

• 150,000 light-years

• 100,000 light-years

How many galaxies are in the local group of galaxies?

• 200

• 100

• 54

• 10

What is the estimated number of galaxies in the observable universe?

• 1 trillion

• 100 billion

• 1 billion

• 2 trillion

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According to the Theory of Cosmic Inflation, how much larger is the entire universe compared to the observable universe?

• 150 sextillion times larger

• 1 million times larger

• 100 times larger

• 10 times larger