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THE UNIVERSE
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• Origin of Universe
• Galaxies
• Stars
• Planets
• Measuring Distances in The Universe
• Constellations
• The Solar System
• The Moon
• Other Celestial Objects in Solar System
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Origin of Universe
• The Big Bang theory is the current
model that describes the early
development of the universe
• It started as a little speck of a hot,
super-massive, and super-dense ball.
Everything that is currently in the
universe came from that speck. Every
single proton, neutron, atom, and so
forth came from that ball. About 13.7
billion years ago, BANG! A violent
explosion hurled the material within that
ball into all directions of space.
• The universe expanded quickly after the Big Bang and continues to expand today. As
the universe expanded and cooled, things started to form, including neutrons,
protons, atoms, stars, and galaxies. All the different elements in the universe that
exist today developed from that initial ball 13.7 billion years ago.
Types of galaxies
Astronomical Units:
Distances in the solar system are often measured in astronomical units. An astronomical
unit is the average distance between the Earth and the Sun:
Light-Years:
To measure the distances between stars, astronomers often use light-years (abbreviated
ly). A light-year is the distance that light travels in a vacuum in one year:
Many astronomers prefer to use parsecs (abbreviated pc) to measure distance to stars.
This is because its definition is closely related to a method of measuring the distances
between stars. A parsec is the distance at which 1 AU subtends and angle of 1 arcsec.
The Moon is thought to have formed approximately 4.5 billion years ago, not long after
Earth. There are several hypotheses for its origin; the most widely accepted explanation
is that the Moon formed from the debris left over after a giant impact between Earth and
a Mars-sized body called Theia.
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