Terms like Universe, galaxies, clusters of stars, planets and satellites are worlds that bring about mystery and trigger imagination. This outer space still doesn't reveal its secrets that's why man has always tried to unveil those mysteries and secrets through magic first then through hard endeavour to discover what's behind those dark skies. Imagination has overrun science to talk about extra-terrestrials and aliens. Truth concerning all this is still far to reach.
Our Galaxy "The Milky Way" contains a lot of solar systems . ours is only a tiny portion of this galaxy. Here are some neat facts about our solar system! They have been arranged in order from the closest to farthest from the sun.
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M E R C U R Y
V E N U S
E A R T H
M A R S
J U P I T E R
S A T U R N
U R A N U S
N E P T U N E
P L U T O
Then click the links to see the planets and if you want to read more about each planet click it!
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University of California at Berkeley
Department of Astronomy
details about our Solar System