ASTRONOMY QUIZ

How Edwin Hubble get to know the universe is expanding? 

• The redshift of light from stars and galaxy

• The cosmic microwave background contour exponentially increases

• Hubble constant have changed

• The ever dropping temperature of universe

Who discovered the Horsehead Nebula?

• John Bevis

• William Parsons

• James Edwin Webb

What is an example of artificial satellite?

• Io moon

• Asteroid belt

• Hubble Space telescope

• Dyson sphere

How to create perfect parabolic surface using liquid ?

• Spin the system that holds the liquid

• Increase pressure and temperature of liquid exponentially 

What wavelengths is Aurora of Jupiter ?

• X Ray

• Microwave

• Gamma Ray

• Visible light

What is the scientific term used for the twinkling of stars?

• Scintillation

• Mirage

• Refraction

• Asterism

In which year was the exoplanet Kepler-452b discovered?

• 2015

• 2006

• 2012

• 1985

If we cannot see light without it first hitting our retina directly, how light pollution is a problem?

• The particles in atmosphere scatters the light from urban light source to our eyes

• Greta Thunberg said so

• Light pollution doesn't exist at the first place

• the nature of quantum fluctuation of gas molecules towards photons

Who first use telescope for astronomy?

• Galileo Galilei

• Sir Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

• Carl Sagan

 Why are many large optical telescopes located on mountains?

• To be above part of the atmosphere

• To decrease light pollution

• Easier to build on mountains

• Closer to the stars