Quiz: How much do you know about space?

It was reported earlier this week that the most distant star ever seen has been observed by astronomers.

IT WAS ANNOUNCED earlier this week that the most distant star ever seen has been observed by astronomers.

The light from the star has taken some 12.9 billion years to reach Earth, much more than the nine billion light years of the farthest “supergiant” previously observed.

Scientists said they were surprised by the distance of the star.

Dr Guillaume Mahler, from Durham University’s Department of Physics and Centre of Extragalactic Astronomy, said: “This might be the earliest star we will ever see since the Big Bang and it was so surprising that it is so much younger than the previous entry of nine billion years, at first I didn’t believe it.”

So, with that news, let’s test your knowledge of outer space.

Try out quiz.

Here's an easy one - in 1969, who was the first man to walk on the moon?

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Buzz Aldrin

Neil Armstrong

Neil Diamond

Buzz Lightyear

Water has been discovered on Mars.

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True

False

A year on Mars is how many Earth days long?

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294

365

687

714

How many planets are there in the solar system?

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On which planet was the coldest temperature ever measured in the Solar System at -224 degrees Celsius?

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Neptune

Venus

Jupiter

Uranus

Halley's Comet, named after Edmond Halley who discovered it in 1758, is due to pass by Earth again in what year?

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2089

2061

2023

2105

What distance is the Earth from the Sun?

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One billion kilometres

400 million kilometres

780 kilometres

150 million kilometres

Saturn is the ___ planet from the sun.

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Second

Fourth

Sixth

Eighth

What year was Pluto reclassified from a planet to a dwarf planet?

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2006

2002

1999

2007

The most distant star ever seen has been observed by astronomers, it was confirmed this week. The light from the star has taken some 12.9 billion years to reach Earth. What’s the name of this star?