Astrophysics Trivia
Show off your cosmic wit by tackling black holes, cosmic microwave hangovers, and dark energy—because your brain should expand as fast as the universe!
EXAMPLE QUESTIONS
Which space telescope, launched in 2021, has revolutionized our view of the early universe’s “cosmic dawn” by revealing surprisingly bright, well-formed galaxies?
James Webb Space Telescope
Which nearly uniform glow of radiation, accidentally discovered in 1965, is the faint afterglow of the Big Bang?
Cosmic Microwave Background
What is the effect called when massive objects bend the light from background galaxies, creating distorted images?
Gravitational lensing
What is the point of no return around a black hole, beyond which not even light can escape?
Event horizon
Since Pluto was reclassified as a dwarf planet in 2006, how many official planets remain in our solar system?
Eight