Stars and galaxies trivia

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• Compared with a lower-mass main-sequence star, a higher-mass main-sequence star is?Stars and galaxies
• What is the main reason a star's spectrum shows dark absorption lines?Stars and galaxies
• Which galaxy can look like a faint smudge to the naked eye from a dark mid-northern sky?Stars and galaxies
• What fusion process turns helium into carbon in the core of a red giant?Stars and galaxies
• In what kind of system does a nova typically occur?Stars and galaxies
• Where in the Milky Way do globular clusters mainly live?Stars and galaxies
• Why do constellations appear to drift across the sky in the course of one night?Stars and galaxies
• Why are stars hard to see in the middle of the day?Stars and galaxies
• Which three bright stars make a large triangle in the summer evening sky?Stars and galaxies
• Why does a telescope show fainter stars than the naked eye?Stars and galaxies
• At mid-northern latitudes, some stars in the northern sky circle without setting below the horizon.Stars and galaxies
• The same star looks fainter if it is farther from Earth.Stars and galaxies
• Dark energy is the unseen mass assumed to explain why stars far from a galaxy's centre orbit so fast.Stars and galaxies
• Red dwarfs are among the most common kinds of star in the Milky Way.Stars and galaxies
• An H II region is a patch of gas made to glow because hot young stars have ionized the surrounding hydrogen.Stars and galaxies
• Even as the universe expands, distances between stars inside a gravity-bound system such as the Milky Way do not stretch in proportion.Stars and galaxies
• Type Ia supernovae are not used as standard candles for measuring cosmic distances.Stars and galaxies
• The Sun is the largest star in the Milky Way.Stars and galaxies
• The Southern Cross is a constellation well seen in the southern sky.Stars and galaxies
• Every star visible to the naked eye looks white.Stars and galaxies
• Where were elements such as the carbon and oxygen in our bodies first made?Stars and galaxies
• In a spiral galaxy, what is the wound structure reaching out from the centre where young blue stars are born?Stars and galaxies
• Which body is too light to keep hydrogen fusion going in its core, so it never quite becomes a star?Stars and galaxies
• Which star looks brightest in the night sky?Stars and galaxies
• Which constellation does Polaris belong to?Stars and galaxies
• Which constellation stands out in the southern winter sky with three stars in a neat row?Stars and galaxies
• How many constellations sit along the ecliptic, the Sun's yearly path, and are also used as birth signs?Stars and galaxies
• What does a star about as massive as the Sun leave behind once it has shed its outer layers?Stars and galaxies
• Why do different constellations appear in the night sky at the same hour as the seasons change?Stars and galaxies
• Roughly how wide is the Milky Way?Stars and galaxies
• The more massive a star is, the faster it burns its fuel and the shorter its life.Stars and galaxies
• The hotter a star's surface is, the redder the star looks.Stars and galaxies
• A globular cluster is a loose scattering of stars that have just been born.Stars and galaxies
• The band of the Milky Way across the night sky is our galaxy's disc seen from inside it.Stars and galaxies
• A shooting star is not a star falling but light from a speck of space dust burning up as it hits Earth's atmosphere.Stars and galaxies
• The Sun sits right at the centre of the Milky Way.Stars and galaxies
• Starlight seems to twinkle because Earth's atmosphere keeps shifting and bending the light on its way down.Stars and galaxies
• The stars that make up one constellation are close neighbours in space as well.Stars and galaxies
• What we see of a distant star is not how it looks now but how it looked when that light set out.Stars and galaxies
• The Andromeda Galaxy is moving away from us, so the gap between the two galaxies keeps widening.Stars and galaxies
• What do we call a set shape made by joining up stars in the night sky?Stars and galaxies
• Which body has gravity so strong that even light struggles to escape?Stars and galaxies
• Which object is a gathering of gas and dust that can become a birthplace of stars?Stars and galaxies
• What is the main reason a star gives off light and energy of its own?Stars and galaxies
• Which unit expresses the distance light travels in a vacuum in one year?Stars and galaxies
• What huge explosion can a very massive star produce at the end of its life?Stars and galaxies
• Which stage does a star of roughly the Sun's mass pass through after the main sequence?Stars and galaxies
• Which best describes the shape of the Milky Way?Stars and galaxies
• The Andromeda Galaxy is a separate galaxy outside the Milky Way.Stars and galaxies
• Which star is closest to Earth?Stars and galaxies
• What is the name of the galaxy the solar system belongs to?Stars and galaxies
• The galaxy the solar system belongs to is the Andromeda Galaxy.Stars and galaxies
• A constellation is a shape made by joining up stars in the night sky.Stars and galaxies
• A star is a body that shines with light of its own.Stars and galaxies
• A black hole is a kind of star that shines brightly to the naked eye.Stars and galaxies
• Stars are made mainly of heavy metals such as iron and gold.Stars and galaxies
• A light year is a unit of time, the time light takes to travel for one year.Stars and galaxies
• A galaxy is a huge collection of countless stars, gas and dust held together by gravity.Stars and galaxies
• A very massive star can end its life in a supernova explosion.Stars and galaxies
• The Sun, like the Moon, looks bright because it reflects the light of another star.Stars and galaxies