Star Scientist

What inspired Gibor Basri to become an astronomer?

• Watching space movies

• Reading science fiction books

• Visiting observatories

• Meeting space scientists

True or False?

Astronomers can tell how big, how hot, and how old a star is by looking at the light coming from a star.

• True

• False

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What helps astronomers determine if there are planets orbiting other stars?

• They can see the planets in other galaxies with a telescope.

• The star's light will get brighter.

• The planets block part of the star's light for a time.

• Scientists actually cannot determine if there are other planets.

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True or False?

Astronomers do not need to collect data showing patterns of light to determine if there are planets in other galaxies.

• True

• False

Why can't Basri and other astronomers observe stars just from Earth? (CHOOSE 2 CORRECT ANSWERS!)

• Air and clouds can make it hard to use telescopes on Earth.

• Our telescopes aren't powerful enough.

• Earth is too far away for us to accurately see other stars.

• Earth's rotation causes daytime, which doesn't allow us to see other stars at times.

How did Basri and astronomers solve the problem of not being able to use telescopes on earth to find other planets?

• They gave up.

• They sent a telescope into space.

• They sent a shuttle into space.

• They used the International Space Station.

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True or False?

The telescope used in space is pointed to only one part of space as it takes pictures.

• True

• False

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What is the name of the telescope that scientists launched into space to collect the data they needed?

• Hubble

• Discovery

• Apollo

• Kepler

How do scientists know that the sun spins?

• They can see it spinning.

• They have made a hypothesis that it spins.

• They observe the sunspots on the sun.

• They only watch the sun and planets around it.

True or False?

Scientists cannot tell the difference between sunspots and planets orbiting other stars.

• True

• False