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ASTRONOMY QUIZ
Take the following space science quiz to test your knowledge of some astronomy fundamentals. Check your score and then follow the link to learn more.

1. How far have spacecraft from Earth travelled into space?
A bit more than one Light-year
A bit more than one Light-month
Somewhat less than one Light-day

2. How have astronomers learned most of what they know about the stars, galaxies, and the universe?
By sending robotic space probes out to explore the depths of space beyond our solar system.
By analyzing light and other electromagnetic radiation from space that reaches the vicinity of Earth.
Through controlled laboratory and in situ experiments.

3. If you could travel in a space-ship at the speed of light away from the solar system, how long could you see the sun?
3 years
30 years
300 years

4. Approximately how many stars does the Andromeda Nebula contain?
100,000
100,000,000
100,000,000,000

5. What term do we use for the average distance between Sun and Earth?
Astronomical Unit
Astronomy Unit
Light Year

6. How old is the earth?
5,000,000 years
5,000,000,000 years
No one knows

7. To reach another planet, a spacecraft must be aimed:
At the planet
Midway between the two
Where the planet will be when the spacecraft reaches it

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This research has made use of the Astronomical Data Center (ADC) at NASA Goddard Space Flight Center.

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