Themed: Planets, Stars & Galaxies · Game #3@ozalba

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Some of tonight's starlight set off before anyone you know was born. Do you know what's up there? @ozalba scored 987 in Planets, Stars & Galaxies on Outlier Trivia. Can you beat it?

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  1. 1Space › GalaxiesMediumWhich Messier number belongs to the Andromeda Galaxy?Right1.2s+100
  2. 2Space › StarsExpertThe Vela pulsar is especially known for showing what behaviour?Right2.3s+99
  3. 3Space › PlanetsHardIn exoplanet hunting, what is a transit?Right2.4s+99
  4. 4Space › StarsMediumWhat is the stream of charged particles flowing out of the Sun called?Right1.1s+100
  5. 5Space › MoonsMediumWhy is calling the Moon's far side the "dark side" wrong?Right1.4s+100
  6. 6Space › Space ScienceEasyWhat do we call a meteoroid while it is still travelling through space?Right1.8s+100
  7. 7Space › PlanetsEasyWhich is the only planet known to have liquid water oceans on its surface?Right3.7s+97
  8. 8Space › Space ScienceHardIn an orbit around Earth, what does apogee mean?Right2.5s+99
  9. 9Space › Night SkyHardWhat sort of objects does the Messier catalogue list?Right2.0s+100
  10. 10Space › Space ScienceVery hardThe Kozai-Lidov mechanism causes a small body's orbit to exchange which two quantities?Right6.3s+93