❓ Question 1
Which planet is known as the “Red Planet”?
A) Venus
B) Mars
C) Jupiter
D) Mercury
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B) Mars – it looks red because of iron oxide (rust) on its surface.❓ Question 2
What is the name of the galaxy that contains our Solar System?
A) Andromeda
B) Milky Way
C) Sombrero Galaxy
D) Whirlpool Galaxy
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B) The Milky Way – a spiral galaxy about 100,000 light-years wide.❓ Question 3
Who was the first person to travel into space?
A) Neil Armstrong
B) Yuri Gagarin
C) John Glenn
D) Alan Shepard
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B) Yuri Gagarin – April 12, 1961, aboard Vostok 1.❓ Question 4
What is the largest planet in our Solar System?
A) Saturn
B) Jupiter
C) Neptune
D) Uranus
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B) Jupiter – it’s so massive that all other planets could fit inside it.❓ Question 5
What are stars primarily made of?
A) Oxygen and carbon
B) Hydrogen and helium
C) Iron and nickel
D) Nitrogen and hydrogen
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B) Hydrogen and helium – the simplest and most abundant elements in the universe.❓ Question 6
What do we call a star that suddenly increases in brightness and explodes?
A) Nebula
B) Supernova
C) Quasar
D) Pulsar
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B) Supernova – a massive explosion that releases more energy than the Sun will in its entire lifetime.❓ Question 7
Which planet has the most moons?
A) Jupiter
B) Saturn
C) Neptune
D) Uranus
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B) Saturn – as of 2025, astronomers have confirmed over 145 moons orbiting it.❓ Question 8
What is a black hole?
A) A hole in space
B) A region with gravity so strong that not even light can escape
C) A collapsed planet
D) A frozen star
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B) A region of spacetime where gravity is so intense that nothing, not even light, can escape.❓ Question 9
What’s the closest star to Earth (besides the Sun)?
A) Sirius
B) Alpha Centauri
C) Betelgeuse
D) Proxima Centauri
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D) Proxima Centauri – located about 4.24 light-years away.❓ Question 10
What is the name of NASA’s most famous space telescope?
A) Kepler
B) Hubble
C) Webb
D) Voyager
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B) The Hubble Space Telescope – launched in 1990, it has changed our view of the universe forever.🎯 Final Challenge
How many cosmic mysteries did you get right?
👉 Share your score in the comments and tell us which space fact blew your mind the most!