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1. In which year did NASA begin to build the Hubble Space Telescope?
2. Where in the Solar System would you find "Alba Patera"?
3. "Ceres" is sometimes referred to as a dwarf planet, but its designation, according to NASA, is a/an ___.
4. What are "Crab", "Eagle", "Tarantula", "Horsehead" and "Butterfly" all examples of?
5. What is the name of the closest white dwarf to The Sun?
6. A WIMP (Weakly Interacting Massive Particle) is lighter than a hydrogen atom.
7. Which space probe was the first to cross the asteroid belt?
8. Hertzsprung is a volcano found on Mars.
9. How many inferior planets are there in the Solar System?
10. Which planet has a moon that shares it name with the object struck in a game of ice hockey?
11. Which is the densest and most massive molecular cloud in the Milky Way galaxy?
12. What was Percival Lowell convinced he could see on Mars that might indicate the presence of intelligent life?
13. What is the name of the cloud that marks the edge of the Solar System?
14. How many times more luminous is the Milky Way compared to our Sun?
15. What were the names of the two dogs carried into space by Sputnik 5?
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