Trivia questions and answers, drawn fresh from the well

• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Milky Way Galaxy

What long wave-shaped gas structure near the Sun was announced in 2020?

Answer

Radcliffe wave

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Milky Way Galaxy

What local cavity of hot gas contains the Sun?

Answer

Local Bubble

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Milky Way Galaxy

Which ESA spacecraft maps the Milky Way using stellar parallax?

Answer

Gaia

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Milky Way Galaxy

Which Milky Way X-ray source was the first widely accepted black hole?

Answer

Cygnus X-1

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• Intermediate Intermediate difficulty.
• The Milky Way Galaxy

Which star near Sagittarius A* has an orbit of about 16 years?

Answer

S2

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Milky Way Galaxy

What phrase names the area of sky obscured by the Milky Way?

Answer

Zone of Avoidance

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Milky Way Galaxy

Which smaller naked-eye satellite galaxy is paired with the Large Magellanic Cloud?

Answer

Small Magellanic Cloud

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• The Milky Way Galaxy

What dark dust feature visibly splits the Milky Way band from Cygnus toward Centaurus?

Answer

Great Rift

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Milky Way Galaxy

Who first resolved the Milky Way's band into individual stars with a telescope in 1610?

Answer

Galileo Galilei

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Milky Way Galaxy

What compact radio source marks the Milky Way's central black hole?

Answer

Sagittarius A*

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• Easy Easy difficulty.
• The Milky Way Galaxy

What galaxy contains the Solar System?

Answer

Milky Way

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• Hard Hard difficulty.
• The Space Shuttle Program

What was the name of NASA's simulator used to train Space Shuttle crews?

Answer

Shuttle Mission Simulator

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