Astronomy and Space Exploration

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• 01·Which planet in our Solar System is famously known as the 'Red Planet'?
• 02·What is the name of the galaxy that contains our Solar System?
• 03·Launched by the Soviet Union in 1957, what was the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth?
• 04·Who was the first human to walk on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission in 1969?
• 05·As of recent discoveries, which planet in our Solar System has the highest number of confirmed moons?
• 06·What is a large cloud of gas and dust in space, often referred to as a 'stellar nursery' because stars are born within it?
• 07·Which famous space telescope, launched in 1990, has provided humanity with breathtaking images of deep space for over three decades?
• 08·What celestial body was famously reclassified from a planet to a 'dwarf planet' by the International Astronomical Union in 2006?
• 09·What is the term for a region of spacetime where gravity is so intense that nothing, not even light, can escape its pull?
• 10·What is the most common unit of measurement used in popular astronomy to describe the immense distances between stars and galaxies?
• 11·Which NASA rover, part of the Mars 2020 mission, successfully landed on the Red Planet in February 2021?
• 12·What is the name of the largest known volcano and mountain in our Solar System, located on the planet Mars?