The document discusses theories about the formation of the solar system. It describes the universal law of gravitation proposed by Isaac Newton which explains how gravity keeps the planets in orbit around the sun. It also discusses the planetisimal theory proposed in 1778, which states that the solar system formed from materials thrown off after a collision between the sun and another star. Additionally, it summarizes the companion star theory that the sun once had a companion star that exploded, and the nebular hypothesis from 1776 proposing that the solar system originated from a vast swirling nebula that condensed to form the sun and planets.