Exploring the Cosmos: Latest Space Discoveries Quiz
Published Jun 29, 2026 · Updated Jul 29, 2026 · Editorial Team
Test your knowledge of recent breakthroughs in space exploration with 10 fun multiple‑choice questions.
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QUESTION 1
Which space telescope released its first full-colour images in July 2022, revealing galaxies from the early universe?
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Which space telescope released its first full-colour images in July 2022, revealing galaxies from the early universe?
- A. Hubble Space Telescope
- B. James Webb Space Telescope
- C. Chandra X-ray Observatory
- D. Spitzer Space Telescope
NASA's Perseverance rover collected its first successful Martian rock core in September 2021. What was the rock target nicknamed?
- A. Rochette
- B. Jezero
- C. Ingenuity
- D. Seitah
In September 2022, NASA's DART mission demonstrated planetary defence by deliberately impacting which body?
- A. Didymos
- B. Bennu
- C. Ryugu
- D. Dimorphos
In 2023, JWST reported the detection of which carbon-bearing molecule, alongside carbon dioxide, in the atmosphere of the sub-Neptune exoplanet K2-18 b?
- A. Methane
- B. Ammonia
- C. Ozone
- D. Phosphine
The Lucy spacecraft, launched in 2021, is on a mission to explore which group of objects?
- A. Kuiper Belt objects
- B. Trojan asteroids sharing Jupiter's orbit
- C. Oort Cloud comets
- D. The moons of Mars
Free-floating 'rogue' planets drift through the galaxy without orbiting a star. Which technique has produced most of their detections?
- A. Transit photometry
- B. Radial velocity
- C. Gravitational microlensing
- D. Direct imaging
The uncrewed Artemis I mission, launched in November 2022, tested which spacecraft intended to carry astronauts to the Moon?
- A. SpaceX Starship
- B. Orion capsule
- C. Boeing Starliner
- D. Dream Chaser
Which gas reported in Venus's clouds in 2020 was proposed as a possible biosignature, only for the detection to be heavily disputed?
- A. Ozone
- B. Phosphine
- C. Methane
- D. Water vapour
NASA's Ingenuity helicopter reached its 50th Martian flight in April 2023 and flew for the last time in January 2024. What was its primary purpose?
- A. To study Martian weather
- B. To demonstrate powered, controlled flight in Mars's thin atmosphere
- C. To collect and cache rock samples
- D. To relay communications directly to Earth
In August 2022, JWST announced the first clear detection of carbon dioxide in an exoplanet atmosphere. Which planet was it?
- A. WASP-39 b
- B. TRAPPIST-1e
- C. Proxima Centauri b
- D. LHS 3844 b
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