The Show of a Lifetime 980

What is the explosive event that indicates the end of a massive star's life?

• Red Giant

• Neutron Star

• Black Hole

• Supernova

What did the astronomers witness for the first time on January 9, 2008?

• Collision of galaxies

• Birth of a star

• Supernova explosion

• Formation of a black hole

What is the name of the orbiting X-ray telescope used by astronomers to observe the supernova?

• Hubble Space Telescope

• Chandra X-ray Observatory

• Swift Telescope

• Spitzer Space Telescope

What is the typical phase in the life of a star when its core fuses hydrogen into helium?

• Red Giant

• Main Sequence

• White Dwarf

• Supergiant

What is the name of the dead star that is just a dense sphere of hot, glowing carbon and oxygen atoms?

• White Dwarf

• Black Hole

• Neutron Star

• Red Giant

What is the stage in which a massive star swells into a supergiant and makes heavier atoms in its core?

• Main Sequence

• Red Giant

• Supernova

• Neutron Star

What happens when a star can't make energy from fusing iron in its core?

• It becomes a black hole

• It collapses in on itself

• It becomes a neutron star

• It expands into a red giant

What is the name of the cloud of material created by a supernova, filled with most of the natural elements in the periodic table?

• Nebula

• Planetary Nebula

• Stellar Nebula

• Galaxy

What is the stage in which a star releases gas and dust back into space?

• Main Sequence

• Red Giant

• Supernova

• Planetary Nebula

What is the process triggered by nuclear fusion in a star's core that makes energy shine outward?

• Compression

• Expansion

• Fission

• Fusion