Astronomy Quiz - Statistics

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Hint	Answer	% Correct
The name of our galaxy	Milky Way	99%
In 2006, it was demoted to dwarf planet status	Pluto	96%
Cosmic expansion that happened 13.8 billion years ago	The Big Bang	91%
Place with such high gravity that not even light can escape	Black hole	89%
299,792,458 meters per second	Speed of light	85%
Space telescope launched in 1990	Hubble	79%
Explosion of a large star	Supernova	79%
Nearest major galaxy to ours	Andromeda	73%
Name for a "shooting star" that has entered the atmosphere	Meteor	73%
Comet that passes nearby every 76 years	Halley's Comet	72%
What can be found between the orbits of Mars and Jupiter	{Asteroid} Belt	69%
Shape of our galaxy	Barred spiral	63%
Element that makes Mars appear red	Iron	62%
Nearest star system to the sun	Alpha {Centauri}	61%
Massive storm on Jupiter	{Great} {Red} Spot	58%
Interstellar dust cloud that can give birth to stars	Nebula	52%
Part of the moon where Apollo 11 landed	Sea of {Tranquility}	43%
Brightest star in the night sky	Sirius	40%
Densest type of star	Neutron star	37%
Person who first described the elliptical orbits of the planets	Johannes Kepler	24%

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