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How many kilometers is the star from the sky?


170 million km

151 million km

10 million km

144 million km

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From which country does the word star come?


Cuba

German

Italy

Greek

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What type of star was closest to the Earth?


Proxima Centauri

Beta Centauri

Theta Centauri

Epsilon Centauri

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Who discovered the constellation of Leo?


Aristotle

Ptolemy

Nicolaus Copernicus

Plato

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Which star was a remnant of a supernova first observed around 1050 AD?


Vela Pulsar

Crab Pulsar

Crab Nebula

Geminga

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Where are stars first formed?


In the Supernovae

Inside the protogalaxies

Outside the galaxy

None of the above

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A star is made of liquids.


True

False

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What is the size of a star?


1.5 million kilometers across

1.7 million kilometers across

1.8 million kilometers across

1.4 million kilometers across

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Who created the first star catalog in astronomy?


Eudoxus of Cnidus

Hipparchus

Aristarchus of Samos

Eratosthenes

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What kind of star did Edward Pickering discover?


spectroscopic binary stars

stellar spectroscopy

magnetic field

Orion constellation

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How many stars are there in the universe?


up to one trillion stars

up to one million stars

up to one septillion stars

up to one billion stars

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How many stars are visible at night from Earth?


3000

2000

5000

6000

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What method does a star use to burn hydrogen into helium?


All the above

Nuclear power

Nuclear fission

Nuclear fusion

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How many constellations are there in the night sky?


55

99

88

77

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Which type of supernova is the result of the collapse of the core of a massive star?


Type Ib and Ic supernovae

Type Sb and Ic supernovae

Type IL and IK supernovae

Type IV and Ic supernovae