Planets | Gravity | Solar System | Galaxy | NASA |
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Which planet in our solar system can support life?
Earth
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What is the force that attracts a body towards the center of the earth?
Gravity
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What makes up our solar system?
The sun, eight planets, 146 moons, a bunch of comets, asteroids, and space rocks.
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What is our galaxy called?
The Milky Way
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What does NASA stand for?
National Aeronautics Space Administration
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Which planet is orbiting on its side?
Uranus
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Can gravity form waves?
Yes
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What causes a solar eclipse?
When the moon orbits Earth, the moon moves between the sun and the earth.
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Did Galileo or sir William Herschel discover the Milky Way?
Galileo
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What mission landed on the moon?
Apollo 11
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Which two planets are the sister planets?
Venus and Earth
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Why isn't there gravity in space?
Objects tend to orbit planets rather than hitting them.
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When will the sun explode?
In about 5 billion years
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Where is Earth located in the Milky Way?
Orion Arm
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What was the first spacecraft to visit the solar system?
Pioneer 10
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The moon called Titan orbits which planet?
Saturn
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What is the speed of gravity?
186,000 miles per second.
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How many planets in our solar system have no moons?
2
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In about how many years is The Milky Way going to collide with the Andromeda?
4 billion years
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How many manned missions has NASA had?
135 missions
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Uranus has only been visited by which spacecraft?
Voyager 2
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Does the influence of gravity extend out forever?
No
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How many sunspots can the sun have at once?
200
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When was the Milky Way formed?
14 billion years ago
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When was NASA founded?
July 29, 1958
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