Space Telescopes and Their Discoveries - Exam
  • 1. Which space telescope was launched by NASA in 1990 and has provided stunning images of distant galaxies and nebulae?
A) Spitzer Space Telescope
B) Hubble Space Telescope
C) Chandra X-ray Observatory
D) James Webb Space Telescope
  • 2. What is the name of the European Space Agency's space observatory that studies cosmic microwave background radiation?
A) Gaia
B) Planck
C) Kepler
D) Europa
  • 3. Which space telescope discovered seven Earth-sized exoplanets orbiting the star TRAPPIST-1 in 2017?
A) James Webb Space Telescope
B) Chandra X-ray Observatory
C) Spitzer Space Telescope
D) Hubble Space Telescope
  • 4. What is the name of the first space telescope dedicated to studying black holes and neutron stars?
A) James Webb Space Telescope
B) Hubble Space Telescope
C) Spitzer Space Telescope
D) Chandra X-ray Observatory
  • 5. In which wavelength range does the James Webb Space Telescope primarily operate?
A) X-rays
B) Ultraviolet
C) Radio waves
D) Infrared
  • 6. Which space telescope was specifically designed to detect and study gamma rays in space?
A) Fermi Gamma-ray Space Telescope
B) Hubble Space Telescope
C) Euclid Space Telescope
D) Kepler Space Telescope
  • 7. What type of radiation does the Chandra X-ray Observatory primarily observe?
A) Infrared radiation
B) Visible light
C) Ultraviolet light
D) X-rays
  • 8. What is the name of the first space telescope launched by the European Space Agency in 2009?
A) Rosetta Space Telescope
B) Herschel Space Observatory
C) Euclid Space Telescope
D) Gaia Space Telescope
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