TRUE OR FALSE: When you look at a star, what you see is actually what it looked like in that past.
TRUE: Light takes time to reach Earth. For instance, sunlight takes about 8.5 minutes to reach the Earthโs surface. So, you may be seeing the version of years
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A vehicle or device designed for travel or operation outside the earth's atmosphere:
spacecraft
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TRUE OR FALSE? Space is completely silent.
TRUE, there is no air or atmosphere in space. Since it is a vacuum, sound waves will have no medium to travel to. That means, no one will hear you in space.
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All of space and everything in it including stars, planets, galaxies, etc:
universe
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A small rocky body orbiting the sun:
an asteroid
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The collection of eight planets and their moons in orbit around the sun, together with smaller bodies:
solar system
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baam
Lose 5 points!
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rocket
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fairy
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banana
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banana
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star
Double points!
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rocket
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baam
Lose 15 points!
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lifesaver
Give 20 points!
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rocket
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thief
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TRUE OR FALSE? The moon is slowly moving closer to our planet, which has made the days on Earth to become shorter and shorter. In the past, the days used to last 60 hours.
False! The moon is moving away from us, 1.4 billion years ago our days lasted around 18 hours, can you imagine??
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A fixed luminous point in the night sky which is a large, remote incandescent body like the sun:
star
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A room or building housing an astronomical telescope or other scientific equipment for the study of natural phenomena:
observatory
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A collection of stars and planets that are held together by gravity: