Space Anagrams Quiz | Word Play

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1. There, Curiosity uses its arms to grab rock samples.

Answer: Mars

'Arms' is anagrammed to 'Mars'. Curiosity is the sixth explorer on Mars, after Vikings 1 and 2, Pathfinder, Spirit, and Opportunity. Originally called Mars Science Laboratory (MSL), Curiosity touched down on Mars in 2012. One of the missions for Curiosity is to use its robotic arms to drill then analyze rock samples.

2. In folklore, women born in this place have a nevus on their left cheeks.

Answer: Venus

'Nevus' is anagrammed to 'Venus'. Venus is a hellish world with its surface temperature approaching 900�F. In reality, no woman can be born there. In fact, no known life forms can survive this high-temperature environment.

3. Streaks of light in the night skies were produced by objects coming from remote places.

Answer: meteor

'Remote' is anagrammed to 'meteor'. Meteors are streaks of light produced by space rocks burning up in the atmosphere. If a meteor manages to reach the ground, it is called a meteorite. If it is in space before entering our atmosphere, it is called a meteoroid.

4. Did you guys hear this is Saturn's second largest moon after Titan?

Answer: Rhea

'Hear' is anagrammed to 'Rhea'. Rhea is only a third the size of Titan. Despite that, it is the second-largest moon of Saturn. Rhea's surface is rock and ice peppered in dirt. To go along with Titan being the only moon in our solar system with a significant atmosphere, Rhea is the only moon in our solar system with a significant portion of its atmosphere made of oxygen, but the atmosphere is very tenuous.

5. People born under this sign are believed to eat more spices.

Answer: Pisces

'Spices' is anagrammed to 'Pisces'. Pisces is the 12th and last constellation of the zodiac, coming before first zodiac sign, Aries. People are Piscean if they're born between February 19 and March 20.

6. Use your telescope in Joun, Lebanon, to spot this faint celestial object.

Answer: Juno

'Joun' is anagrammed to 'Juno'. Juno was the third asteroid discovered; that's why it carries the proper designation 3 Juno. Juno is never visible to the naked eye, so it would require a pair of binoculars or a telescope to spot this object.

7. Only two rectangular rugs would be needed to form the shape of this constellation.

Answer: Grus

'Rugs' is anagrammed to 'Grus'. Grus is the southern constellation found south of the zodiac constellation Aquarius. This constellation is not visible north of 50�N latitude while the whole constellation can be seen from south of 30�N.

8. People who are this zodiac sign may often show vigor.

Answer: Virgo

'Vigor' is anagrammed to 'Virgo'. Your sign would be Virgo if you're born between August 23 and September 22. Virgo is the zodiac constellation because the ecliptic crosses it.

9. You're unable to see this type of object designated M1 without a telescope.

Answer: nebula

'Unable' is anagrammed to 'nebula'. Nebulae are clouds of gas in space where stars form, or formed as a result of stars dying. The Crab and Orion Nebulae are famous examples. The Crab Nebula (M1) is only visible through a telescope while the Orion Nebula can be seen with a naked eye under a dark sky.

10. People were gabbing about this event that began everything.

Answer: big bang

'Gabbing' is anagrammed to 'big bang'. The Big Bang is the event that formed the universe. The evidence for the universe's beginning was first postulated by Edwin Hubble in the 1920s. Today we see the evidence imprinted on Cosmic Microwave Background (CMB), which is leftover radiation from the big bang that fills the whole universe.

Source: Author Earthboy

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