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Universe

The Universe is a vast expanse of space. Most astronomers believe that the Universe came into existence after the Big Bang explosion that took place about 15 billion years ago.

Universe

The Universe is a vast expanse of space. Most astronomers believe that the Universe came into existence after the Big Bang explosion that took place about 15 billion years ago. The universe consists of billions of galaxies, stars, planets, comets, asteroids, meteoroids and natural satellites. These are collectively called as celestial bodies, which are located far away from each other. A Light year is the unit used to measure the distance between the celestial bodies.

 

Galaxy

It is a huge cluster of stars which are held together by gravitational force. Most of the galaxies are scattered in space, but some remain in groups.


A light-year is the distance traversed by light in a year at a velocity of 300,000 km per second. Sound travels at a speed of 330 m per second.

The Milky Way Galaxy was formed about 5 billion years after the Big Bang explosion. Our solar system is a part of the Milky Way galaxy. Andromeda galaxy is the nearest to the Earth apart from the ‘Magellanic Clouds’ galaxy



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