43. space 2

Question 1

all existing matter and space considered as a whole; the cosmos.

Answer 1

Theory predicts that there is five times more dark matter than ordinary matter in the #universe.

Question 2

physical substance in general, as distinct from mind and spirit; (in physics) that which occupies space and possesses rest mass, especially as distinct from energy.

Answer 2

Thus dark energy is intrinsically relativistic and is more like energy than #matter.

Question 3

a small rocky body orbiting the sun.

Answer 3

Both comets and #asteroids are the left-over building blocks of the planets in our solar system.

Question 4

the branch of science that deals with celestial objects, space, and the physical universe as a whole.

Answer 4

Analysis was driven by the requirements of mathematical physics and #astronomy.

Question 5

a set of connected things or parts forming a complex whole, in particular.

Answer 5

And they are fretting about the security of their email and diary management #system.

Question 6

an optical instrument designed to make distant objects appear nearer, containing an arrangement of lenses, or of curved mirrors and lenses, by which rays of light are collected and focused and the resulting image magnified.

Answer 6

Spectrographs are devices used by astronomers to break up the light collected by a #telescope into its various colors, or wavelengths.

Question 7

a mysterious object seen in the sky for which, it is claimed, no orthodox scientific explanation can be found.

Answer 7

Reported #UFO sightings by the British public will be published online for the first time.

Question 8

a hypothetical or fictional being from another world.

Answer 8

A massive new telescope in China just went online that will help humanity search for #alien life.

Question 9

a room or building housing an astronomical telescope or other scientific equipment for the study of natural phenomena.

Answer 9

The privately funded SETI Institute uses radio telescopes owned by #observatories around the world to sweep the sky for signals broadcast by advanced civilizations.

Question 10

convert (a coded message) into intelligible language.

Answer 10

In April 1943, America’s intelligence #decoded a Japanese message that informed them that Yamamoto was going to visit the northern Solomon Islands on April 18th.

Question 11

burst or shatter violently and noisily as a result of rapid combustion, decomposition, excessive internal pressure, or other process, typically scattering fragments widely.

Answer 11

He’s been accused but never charged in a plot to #explode a dirty bomb inside the country.

Question 12

the light of the moon.

Answer 12

She looked frightened in the pale #moonlight , her eyes wide as she backed herself against the wall.

Question 13

the branch of science concerned with the nature and properties of matter and energy.

Answer 13

In making these points, Edwards had the backing of the mechanistic and deterministic Newtonian #physics of his day.

Question 14

the sixth planet from the sun in the solar system, circled by a system of broad, flat rings.

Answer 14

Saturn symbolizes change, discipline and acts as a mentoring planet who guides you to responsibility and justice.

Question 15

a colorless, odorless reactive gas, the chemical element of atomic number 8 and the life-supporting component of the air.

Answer 15

The chemicals in tobacco reduce the flow of #oxygen around the mother’s blood stream.

Question 16

of, relating to, or belonging to a planet or planets.

Answer 16

Another example of these points is provided by Kepler’s work on #planetary motion.

Question 17

the science of the origin and development of the universe. Modern astronomy is dominated by the Big Bang theory, which brings together observational astronomy and particle physics.

Answer 17

Astronomy and #cosmology have made the universe smaller and vaster than ever before, but where does humanity fit in?

Question 18

(of water, air, or glass) make (a ray of light) change direction when it enters at an angle.

Answer 18

The cornea and the crystalline lens #refract light that enters the eye.

Question 19

the sky, especially perceived as a vault in which the sun, moon, stars, and planets are situated.

Answer 19

He could never know what she had wished for as the stars fell from the #heavens to earth.

Question 20

a cloud of gas and dust in outer space, visible in the night sky either as an indistinct bright patch or as a dark silhouette against other luminous matter.

Answer 20

We have missions that include active #nebulas , swirling dust clouds, moving asteroids and asteroid fields.

Question 21

a failure to function in a normal or satisfactory manner.

Answer 21

Eventually we learned the crash was caused by a mechanical #malfunction, but the law still stands.

Question 22

a substance or object that is solid rather than liquid or fluid.

Answer 22

Earlier this year, ammonia and suspended #solids came straight from the plant into the river.

Question 23

each of a set of standardized parts or independent units that can be used to construct a more complex structure, such as an item of furniture or a building.

Answer 23

The maximum heating rate of the capsule in the re-entry is several tens times higher than that of the Space Shuttle and several times higher than the Apollo recovery #module.