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    The universe consists of galaxies, solar systems, planets, moons, asteroids and comets. Galaxies are collections of stars orbiting a common center. Our solar system's star is the Sun, which is orbited by planets including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. A planet orbits a star, while moons orbit planets. Asteroids orbit between Mars and Jupiter, and comets have elongated orbits around the sun with tails that point away from the sun due to heating. The widely accepted Big Bang theory explains that the universe originated from the explosion of a dense mass around 13 billion years ago, forming hydrogen, helium and later other elements through nuclear fusion in stars.

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    The universe consists of galaxies, solar systems, planets, moons, asteroids and comets. Galaxies are collections of stars orbiting a common center. Our solar system's star is the Sun, which is orbited by planets including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. A planet orbits a star, while moons orbit planets. Asteroids orbit between Mars and Jupiter, and comets have elongated orbits around the sun with tails that point away from the sun due to heating. The widely accepted Big Bang theory explains that the universe originated from the explosion of a dense mass around 13 billion years ago, forming hydrogen, helium and later other elements through nuclear fusion in stars.

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    Cloze Universe

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    The universe consists of galaxies, solar systems, planets, moons, asteroids and comets. Galaxies are collections of stars orbiting a common center. Our solar system's star is the Sun, which is orbited by planets including Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune. A planet orbits a star, while moons orbit planets. Asteroids orbit between Mars and Jupiter, and comets have elongated orbits around the sun with tails that point away from the sun due to heating. The widely accepted Big Bang theory explains that the universe originated from the explosion of a dense mass around 13 billion years ago, forming hydrogen, helium and later other elements through nuclear fusion in stars.

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    THE

    UNIVERSE

    GALAXIES

    SOLAR
    SYSTEMS

    Planets Moons Asteroids Comets

    Universe – The universe is all the heavenly bodies such as


    stars and and the enormous space between them.

    Galaxy – Galaxies are collections of hundreds of


    around a common centre.

    3 Shapes of Galaxies
    1. I Galaxy – overall globular shape
    2. E Galaxy – egg- or oval-shaped
    3. S Galaxy – spiral shape; most common form
    of galaxy; examples are our M W
    Galaxy and the A Galaxy

    Solar System – A solar system is any star orbited by .


    Our solar system is our Sun orbited by the planets from
    Mercury to Neptune.

    Planet - A planet is any body that does produce its


    own light and revolves around a .

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    Moon - A moon is a natural satellite that around
    a planet.

    Asteroid - An asteroid is a celestial body made of rock that


    orbits the sun between Mars and J .

    Comet - A comet is a celestial body made of frozen rock and


    gas that revolves in an orbit around the sun. Its orbit is not the
    same as the . It has a nucleus and a hazy tail
    which always points away from the because the
    tail is composed of evaporated gases heated by the sun.

    Light Year – A light year is a unit of astronomical measurement.


    It is the light travels in one .A
    light year is equal to 9,461, 000,000,000 km.

    THEORIES OF THE ORIGIN OF THE UNIVERSE


    The universe is estimated to be between 7 and 20 billion years
    old. There are 2 main scientific theories about how the universe
    formed.
    B B Theory - This is the more widely
    accepted theory. It explains that the universe was formed from
    the gigantic explosion of a central large and dense mass. In the
    first few minutes after the big bang, many elements such as
    hydrogen and helium were formed. Other heavier elements
    were formed later in the nuclear fusion processes of the stars.
    The universe is expanding, as is shown by the Red Shift of
    many stars.
    (Red Shift is the spectrum showing longer wavelengths that
    form when stars are receding away from us.)
    S S Theory – This theory states that
    matter is continually being created at the outer parts of the
    universe, and is condensing into galaxies. It is not generally
    accepted now.

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