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SOME OF THE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT UNIVERSE by Ebookmathswaec(op):
Universe is simply an expanse of space and everything in it including stars, planets, galaxies, etc, without known limit. If a jet or a rocket flies into the sky from the Earth and assuming it is possible for the jet to keep flying, then, it will continue to fly forever without reaching any limit! Universe has no known limit. Some of the known facts about the Universe are as follows:

1. There are about 10 trillion Galaxies in the Universe.

2. In Milky Way Galaxy(Our own Galaxy), there are about 100 billion stars.

3. The light from the Sun takes 8 minutes, 20 seconds to reach the Earth.

4. Light (with other Electromagnetic waves) takes 43 minutes to reach Jupiter from the Earth and 4.6 hours to reach Pluto from the Earth.

5. There is possibility of finding aliens in the outer space one day. (Aliens are hypothetical or fictional beings from another world.). If aliens exist, they cannot be humans. Why? God created Human beings only on the Earth’s surface according to the Bible and Qur’an.

6. If an alien tries to watch a football match (e.g Barcelona vs Chelsea) live from a planet that is 65 million light years from Earth with a huge telescope (assuming it is possible), the alien would be seeing Dinosaurs instead!

7. If you cry in space, the tears will just stick to your face!

8. The Sun is about 1.3 million times the size of the Earth.

9. The moon is about one-quarter of the size of the Earth.

10. Olympus Mons is the tallest mountain in the Solar System. It is located in Mars. It is about 26,000 metres(26km) in height. It is almost 3 times the height of mountain Everest.

11. An asteroid called Apophis Asteroid of 270 metres across(about the length of Titanic ship) might strike the Earth in 2029! Although the chance that it will strike the Earth is slim from the calculations by Astronomers. Initially, the chance was estimated to be 2.7%. Later, it was updated to 1 in 45,000.

If the asteroid strikes land on the Earth, it will release equivalent 880 megatons of energy. This is capable of flattening thousands of square km of land and killing millions of people if it hits a densely populated area! The date of the strike has been calculated to be Friday, April 13 of 2029! grin. (That's, in about 12 years time)!

12. Our Galaxy, Miky Way Galaxy, is on a collision course with.... grin
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Re: SOME OF THE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT UNIVERSE by newyorks(m): 12:00pm On Mar 25, 2017
i so much love astrology but unfortunately the inspiration came late.
Re: SOME OF THE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT UNIVERSE by Ebookmathswaec(op): 2:18pm On Mar 25, 2017
newyorks:
i so much love astrology but unfortunately the inspiration came late.
The topic is on Astronomy not Astrology.
Re: SOME OF THE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT UNIVERSE by newyorks(m): 2:30pm On Mar 25, 2017
Ebookmathswaec:
The topic is on Astronomy not Astrology.
alright mr fault finder.#positivevibe
Re: SOME OF THE KNOWN FACTS ABOUT UNIVERSE by Ebookmathswaec(op): 2:53pm On Mar 25, 2017
newyorks:
alright mr fault finder.#positivevibe
Not finding fault at all but to make clarification.
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