Do you know any good astronomy questions?

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I have to have 50 astronomy questions and so far I have 32
Not to that hard of questions
Thanks (:
I have to know the answers to sorry guys
 
what's the proposed center of the universe?
what happened to planet x?
why is pluto no longer a planet?
what is the evolution of a star similar to that of the sun?
what is a supermassive black hole?
are black holes present in all galaxies?
what is the closet galaxy to us?
when is the next solar maxium?
where is the closet proposed black hole to the earth?
 
what is the composition of the sun?
(mostly hydrogen and helium)

how many planets are in our solar system?
(the answer is 8 not 9)

Why is Pluto no longer a planet?
(it is part of an asteroid belt and larger objects were found in its same orbit)

Is there gravity in outer space, or on the moon?
(yes, gravity exist everywhere)

Why doesn't the moon just fall like everything else?
(inertia)

What is retrograde?
(when the earth's orbit overcomes another planet's so it appears to move backward)

What is a Black Hole?
(a super dense dead star that has such a high gravity that not even light can escape)

a Neutron star?
(a very dense, but not as dense as the black hole, dead star)

a pulsar?
(a radioactive dead star that rotates very rapidly)

why does the moon have phases?
(it orbits the earth)

What causes an eclipse?
(the moon's shadow passing over and blocking the sun, or the earth's shadow covering the moon)

What is the closest galaxy to our own?
(Andromeda)

What is the closest star?
(sun)

What is the closest star other than the sun?
(Alpha Centauri)

What is the largest star?
(VY Canis Majoris)
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I hope most of these don't overlap with what you've already got.
 
This board is nothing but astronomy questions. If you can't find 50 good ones here, you must be blind.
 
This board is nothing but astronomy questions. If you can't find 50 good ones here, you must be blind.
 
You could ask "who discovered Neptune?".

Depending on where you ask it (anglophone or francophone countries) you may get different answers!
 
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