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Hint Answer % Correct
Betelgeuse and Rigel are both in this constellation? Orion
92%
Which star cluster "embodies" the seven daughters of Greek titan Atlas? Pleiades/Seven Sisters
56%
Most common shape of astronomical orbits. Elliptical
47%
Variable hypergiant with a radius equal to 1,700 solar radii, the largest known star in the universe. UY Scuti
44%
Natural spherical asteroid "cloud" within which our solar system is theorised to exist, left over after the collapse of our own stellar nebula. Oort
43%
Distance in light years between the sun and Proxima Centauri, the next nearest star. 4.2
29%
The name for the time taken for our solar system (sun) to orbit the Milky Way galaxy. Galactic Year/Cosmic Year
27%
The name of the radius inside which a specified mass would form a black hole. Schwarzschild
19%
The name of the orbital limit within which the tidal effects of a large body on a smaller body will begin to tear apart the latter. Roche
16%
Pluto was the first of this type of object found in 1930. Trans-Neptunian
11%
Fastest ever man-made object and the first to officially "touch" the sun. Parker Solar Probe
9%
Mean absolute temperature of the Cosmic Microwave Background. 2.7K
8%
The most massive star ever discovered, found in the Tarantula Nebula, part of the Large Magellanic Cloud, with a mass of approximately 300 solar masses. RMC 136a1/R136a1
6%
Wavelength of electromagnetic radiation emitted by hyperfine splitting of Hydrogen. 21cm
5%
The first quasar ever discovered. 3C273
3%
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