5. GALAXY
- any large collection of stars that can be recognized as a distinct
physical entity
- is an enormous collection of gas, dust and billions of stars held
together by gravity.
- The closest spiral galaxy is Andromeda, a galaxy much like our
own Milky Way. It is 2.2 million light years away from us.
Andromeda is approaching our galaxy at a rate of 670,000 miles
per hour (1,078,260 kph). Five billion years from now it will
probably collide with our Milky Way galaxy.
- Galaxies are not generally found alone ; instead they are found
in clusters , and those clusters also form further group called
“super clusters”.
7. WooAHH!! Andromeda Galaxy is really a giant
galaxy!!! It is 160,000 light years in diameter much
larger than our own galaxy.
8. Edwin Hubble discovered Andromeda,
allowing him to place it at more than a million
light years – much further than the most
distant reaches of the Milky Way.
9. OTHER GALAXIES
Hey Kids!! Do you want to explore more
the universe?
Me and Cosmos will take you to the
other kinds of galaxies!!! Come on get
Ready!!!
15. Theories about the
Origin of The
Universe
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enjoy?
Now, we are going to talk
about the Theories…. Get
ready!!!
16. Big Bang Theory
- is the prevailing cosmological model for the birth of the
universe. It states that at some moment all of space was
contained in a single point from which the Universe has been
expanding ever since. Modern measurements place this
moment at approximately 13.8 billion years ago, which is thus
considered the age of the universe.
17. The Steady State
Theory
The steady-state theory is a view that the universe is always
expanding but maintaining a constant average density, matter
being continuously created to form new stars and galaxies at
the same rate that old ones become unobservable as a
consequence of their increasing distance and velocity of
recession.
Hermann Bondi Thomas Gold Sir Fred Hoyle
