Fascinating Astronomy Trivia

We have all heard of the Hubble space telescope. What was the first name of the astronomer with the last name Hubble?
Mercutio
Galileo
Edwin
Isaac
What, in our solar system, is the Cassini Division?
White layers of clouds on Jupiter
A gap in Saturn's rings
Space between the asteroids and Mars
The division of the large and small planets
The smaller, Earth-like, planets are called 'terrestrial' planets. What are the larger planets called?
Jovian
Torrential
Saturnine
Uranian
Which moon of Saturn is known to have its own atmosphere?
Charon
Triton
Titan
Io
The constellation 'Crux' is probably better known by which name?
Northern Crown
Northern Cross
Southern Cross
Southern Crown
Portions of the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor are also known as what?
Great and little dog
Big and little lion
Orion and his dog
Big and little dipper
What is it called when we have a second full moon within one month?
Full moon
To the moon Alice!
New moon
Blue moon
The galaxy known as IRAS F10214+4724 is how many times brighter than the sun?
7,000
500
300,000,000,000,000
5,000
There are some scientists who believe that once the universe has ceased expanding, from the explosive repulse of the big bang, that it will begin to fall inward. The final moment of this falling inward has been termed what?
The little bang
The big squish
The great implosion
The big crunch
What was the name of the comet that made its closest approach to Earth on March 22, 1997?
Halley's comet
Herschel's comet
Encke's comet
Hale-Bopp
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