Cosmology and Dark Matter Quiz

Who discovered that galaxies exist and are very far away from us?

• Edwin Hubble

• Galileo Galilei

• Isaac Newton

• Albert Einstein

What is the name of the mysterious particle that makes up dark matter?

• Quark

• Muon

• Neutrino

• Axion

When did astronomers discover that the expansion of the universe is accelerating?

• 1970s

• 2000s

• 1950s

• 1990s

What percentage of the mass energy in the entire cosmos is dark energy?

• 33.8%

• 50.5%

• 66.2%

• 75.0%

What is the age of the universe according to modern cosmology?

• 10.5 billion years

• 13.77 billion years

• 15.2 billion years

• 20.0 billion years

What did the PANTHEON+ survey measure?

• Positions of stars

• Positions of planets

• Positions of galaxies

• Positions of supernovae

What is the main goal of modern cosmology regarding dark matter and dark energy?

• To understand their behavior

• To ignore their existence

• To discover their identity

• To measure their properties precisely

What is the study of the whole entire universe as a single physical object called?

• Astronomy

• Quantum Mechanics

• Cosmology

• Astrophysics