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What is the term for the vast expanse that exists beyond Earth and is not occupied by any celestial body?

Space

What is the study of the universe, including its origin, structure, and evolution?

Cosmology

Which famous astronomer proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?

Nicolaus Copernicus

What is the name of the spacecraft launched by NASA that carried the first humans to the moon?

Apollo 11

What is the process of launching a spacecraft into orbit around a celestial body?

Space Orbital Launch

Which planet in our solar system is known as the 'Red Planet'?

Mars

What is the phenomenon in which a celestial body comes between an observer and another celestial body, resulting in a partial or total obscuring of the latter?

Eclipse

What is the term for a giant ball of hot, glowing gases that emit light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation?

Star

Which space telescope, launched in 1990, has provided stunning images and valuable scientific data about the universe?

Hubble Space Telescope

What is the name of the process by which a star exhausts its nuclear fuel and collapses under its own gravity?

Stellar Collapse

What is the term for the path followed by an object revolving around another object in space?

Orbit

Which space agency successfully landed the robotic rover 'Perseverance' on Mars in 2021?

NASA

What is the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?

Sputnik 1

What is the term for the small rocky or metallic debris that orbits the Sun?

Asteroid

What is the term for a large celestial body that orbits a star and does not emit light of its own?

Planet

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Which famous astronomer proposed the heliocentric model of the solar system?



What is the term for a giant ball of hot, glowing gases that emit light and other forms of electromagnetic radiation?



What is the process of launching a spacecraft into orbit around a celestial body?



Which planet in our solar system is known as the 'Red Planet'?



What is the name of the spacecraft launched by NASA that carried the first humans to the moon?



What is the term for the path followed by an object revolving around another object in space?



What is the phenomenon in which a celestial body comes between an observer and another celestial body, resulting in a partial or total obscuring of the latter?



Which space telescope, launched in 1990, has provided stunning images and valuable scientific data about the universe?



What is the name of the first artificial satellite launched into space?



What is the term for the study of the universe, including its origin, structure, and evolution?



Which space agency successfully landed the robotic rover 'Perseverance' on Mars in 2021?




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