General Astronomy Quiz

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How many planets are in our solar system as we know of?

Is the sun the biggest star in the universe?

What galaxy are we in?

Milky Way

Is there a blackhole in our galaxy?

Yes

Name the 1st planet from the sun

Mercury

Name the largest dwarf planet in the solar system

Eris

Where do most comets come from?

Oort Cloud

How many miles are in one light year?

6 trillion

Does Earth, at one point, have rings?

Yes

Does Mars have rings?

What is the biggest planet in the solar system?

Jupiter

What is the smallest planet in the solar system?

Mercury

What is another name for failed stars, stars that emit very little light, are almost invisible, and are bigger than Jupiter yet much smaller and dimmer than the sun?

Brown Dwarf

Is a white dwarf the result of a supernova?

Can white dwarfs have their own supernovas?

Yes

Level 46

May 14, 2014

Perhaps this should be reformatted so that the correct answer must go in the correct space. The auto fill ins mean that some questions later on are already answered when we get to them.

Level 84

Apr 30, 2015

No fun having so many answers get filled in automatically. You should consider rewording them to be something other than yes/no questions. Also, you should accept Kuiper Belt as well.

Level 65

Feb 9, 2016

Why can't you write 6 trillion as 6,000,000,000,000?

Level 62

Sep 10, 2018

Pluto > Eris

Level 22

Feb 19, 2021

Pluto is the largest

Level 34

Aug 4, 2022

Yellow box? :P