Cosmology quiz

More questions about Cosmology

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1. 1 Easy

   What is the absolute maximum speed limit for matter in the universe?

   Answer: Speed of light

   Why: As an object with mass accelerates closer to light speed, its relativistic mass increases toward infinity, requiring infinite energy.

2. 2 Medium

   Which hypothetical particles are leading cold dark matter candidates?

   Answer: WIMPs

   Why: Despite decades of underground detector experiments searching for WIMP recoil signatures, direct detection remains elusive.

3. 3 Hard

   What shape is space in our universe, according to measurements?

   Answer: Flat

   Why: Planck's map of the oldest light pins space to within about 0.4 percent of perfectly flat, so parallel beams still stay parallel.

4. 4 Easy

   What phenomenon occurs when massive objects bend light passing near them?

   Answer: Gravitational lensing

   Why: Astronomers routinely use these natural cosmic lenses as giant telescopes to study the earliest distant galaxies.

5. 5 Medium

   Which term names the edge of the observable universe?

   Answer: Cosmological horizon

   Why: Because space has expanded continuously over 13.8 billion years, this observable boundary now lies roughly 46 billion light-years away.

6. 6 Hard

   Which differential equations describe how space expands within the standard cosmological model?

   Answer: Friedmann equations

   Why: Alexander Friedmann derived these equations in 1922, predicting expanding universes years before observational proof.