The ____ was shining brilliantly when all of a sudden darkness descended over the place.
sun
moon
planet
earth
A _______ ago genetic codes were certainly unknown.
decade
specks of light
century
generation
The _________ was welcomed with joyous , resounding acclaim
astronomer
spacecraft
astronaut
pilot license
It's the first time __________ had identified an exploding magnetar in another galaxy.
celestial objects
astronomers
astronaut
asteroids
The ________ makes the craters on the surface of the moon incredibly clear.
lens
telescope
astronomer
reflector
Planet ______ is the only planet out of the eight planets in the Solar system that hosts life.
Orbit
Sun
Earth
Moon
An _____ is a regular, repeating path that one object in space takes around another one.
astronaut
asteroids
orbit
astronomer
Studying the craters on the _____ allowed the scientists to get a better idea of how much water could be found on it.
earth
planet
sun
moon
We have the earth engulfed in _______ which in touching the surface of the earth touches the surface of water.
planet
brightness
darkness
telescope
Astronomers have discovered a distant ______.
galaxy
Sun
Earth
pilot license
The displacement is independent of the distance from the observer to the ______________ and a telescope has to be slightly tilted to compensate for the distortion.
planet
asteroids
galaxy
celestial object
NASA _______ rockets into space.
innovates
launches
observes
generates
Pluto is the farthest _______ in the solar system.
Earth
constellation
planet
orbit
The six astronauts on board will spend ten days in ______.
galaxy
space
Moon
planet
The __________ Ursa Major contains the stars of the Big Dipper.
satellite
specks of light
spacecraft
constellation
Even when the sky is dark, there is always a __________.
Moon
constellation
speck of light
spacecraft
The planet must have been hit by an _______ or a comet.
celestial object
asteroid
astronaut
astronomer
The ______ orbits the Earth every 48 hours.
constellation
spacecraft
satellite
specks of light
He earned his airline transport __________ in 2001.
satellite
constellation
telescope
pilot license
The __________ disintegrated as it entered the Earth's atmosphere.
telescope
satellite
astronaut
spacecraft
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