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Quiz: What in the name of the universe is this space photo about?
Have you been paying attention to what’s going on out there?
THIS WEEK, HUMANITY got to see a photograph of a black hole for the first time.
But how much do you remember about some of the other famous space shots from down the years?
This storm on Jupiter's surface is referred to as what?
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The Great Red Spot
The Big Red Dot
The Big Red Spot
The Giant Red Blot
This famous photograph is called The Pillars of Creation, but where is it?
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The Milky Way
Interstellar 5555
The Eagle Nebula
Orion's Belt
Who is pictured in this famous photograph?
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Gus Grissom
Michael Collins
Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
This photo taken by the Hubble Space Telescope shows an estimated 10,000 galaxies. What is the photo called?
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Super Long Zoom
Hyper Wide View
Extra Clear View
Ultra Deep Field
This is galaxy M104, also referred to as what?
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The PIzza Galaxy
The Coin Galaxy
The Frisbee Galaxy
The Sombrero Galaxy
This 2018 image was taken by the only rover currently operating on Mars. Name that rover.
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Curiosity
Pathfinder
Spirit
Opportunity
Which celestial body is this?
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Mercury
Uranus
Neptune
Pluto
Back to Hubble, what is the name of this nebula?
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The Mushroom Nebula
The Hammerclaw Nebula
The Horsehead Nebula
The Bow and Arrow Nebula
This is the Andromeda Galaxy, what is noteworthy about it?
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It is the closest galaxy to our own
The Voyager probe is due to reach it in 2072
It has a black hole at its centre
It no longer exists
And finally, what is the name of this object spotted by an amateur astronomer in Montana?
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The Millennium Falcon
Discovery One
The Enterprise
Nostromo
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You scored out of !
A
Top of the class
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You scored out of !
B
Lovely result
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You scored out of !
C
'I'll take it'
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You scored out of !
D
You just about scraped it!
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You scored out of !
F
You have failed astronaut training!
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