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What unit is commonly used to state a black hole's mass relative to the Sun?
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Solar mass
Which NASA X-ray observatory launched in 1999 studies black holes?
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Chandra X-ray Observatory
What popular term describes extreme stretching by a black hole's tidal forces?
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Spaghettification
What disk of hot matter can form as gas spirals into a black hole?
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Accretion disk
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Which NASA X-ray observatory launched in 1999 studies black holes?
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Chandra X-ray Observatory
What popular term describes extreme stretching by a black hole's tidal forces?
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Spaghettification
What disk of hot matter can form as gas spirals into a black hole?
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Accretion disk
Which German physicist gave his name to the radius of a non-rotating black hole?
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Karl Schwarzschild
At a black hole's event horizon, the escape velocity equals what?
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Speed of light
What boundary around a black hole marks the point beyond which light cannot escape?
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Event horizon
Which JWST mirror wing was latched into place to complete the telescope's major deployment on January 8, 2022?
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Starboard primary mirror wing
On what date did JWST reach the Sun-Earth L2 point?
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24 January 2022
Which space agency designed JWST's FGS/NIRISS instrument?
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Canadian Space Agency
Which institute operates the James Webb Space Telescope for NASA?
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Space Telescope Science Institute