The Universe and Other Things
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- Q1
The term "Big Bang" refers to
A massive supernova explosion
A very loud noise in space
The birth of a star
A dense state at the beginning of our Universe
60s - Q2
The age of the Universe is estimated to be
13.8 billion years
250 million years
4.5 billion years
6 million years
60s - Q3
Andromeda is the galaxy closest to the Milky Way. If we had a space ship that could travel at the speed of light, we would reach it in
25 years
2.5 thousand years
2.5 million years
25 billion years
60s - Q4
Supernovae are useful to detect the expansion of the Universe, because they are the only objects in the Universe that get redshifted.
falsetrueTrue or False60s - Q5
2 answers are correct, 2 are false: The Euclid satellite is special, because it will...
Users sort answers between categoriesSorting120s - Q6
"Dark matter" is another word for "Dark energy".
falsetrueTrue or False60s - Q7
The University of Geneva was founded in...
1559
1409
1809
1959
60s - Q8
If you want to study at the University of Geneva, you can choose from how many Bachelor programs?
57
13
33
107
60s - Q9
What is the name of our YouTube Channel?
Dark Expansion
Cosmic Blueshift
Space & Redshift
Dark Starlight
60s