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What are the four elements according to the ancient Greeks?
 Answer:  Earth, Air, Fire and Water .

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  What is the name for the scientific study of heavenly bodies?
 Answer:  Astronomy.
 Question:  What Science deals with the structure of the Universe and its origin?
 Answer: Cosmology .

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 Which is the oldest Satellite orbiting the earth?
 Answer: The Moon .
 Question:  What is the common name of the Galaxy we inhabit?
 Answer: The Milky Way .
 Question:  Where is the ‘Sea of Showers’?
Answer: The Moon .

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  Which is the only day named after a planet?
 Answer:  Saturday .
Question:  Who is considered to be the ‘Father of Modern astronomy’?
 Answer: Nicolas Copernicus.

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 Which is the only clockwise-rotating planet?
 Answer: Venus .
Question:  Which constellation represents a hunter with a Club and Shield?
 Answer:  Orion .
Question: What is a Supernova?
Answer: The explosion of a dying star.

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