Our Solar System is a collection of planets, moons and dwarf planets that orbit the Sun. The planets range in size from the rocky Earth to the gaseous Jupiter. The Solar System also contains a large number of comets, asteroids and other small objects that fall into the system from outer space. Many of these…
Galaxies are large collections of stars, stellar remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter bound together by gravity. They range in size from dwarf galaxies with a few million stars to supergiants with one hundred trillion stars. The Solar System orbits around the Sun in our Milky Way galaxy. It contains planets, moons, and asteroids….
The Sun is the central star of our solar system and all other planets, moons, asteroids, comets and satellites revolve around it. The planets can be divided into two categories: terrestrial (rocky) and jovian (gaseous). Earth, Mercury, Venus, Mars and Jupiter are terrestrial planets; Saturn, Uranus and Neptune are jovian planets. Sun The Sun is…
