The Solar System
The number of planets in the solar system.
8
This constellation is also known as Osiris in Egyptian mythology.
Orion
The name of our galaxy.
The Milky Way
This effect allows astronomers to calculate the distance to far away stars.
The seventh planet from the Sun.
Uranus
The closest star to the Sun.
Proxima Centauri
Laniakea
The unit that physicists use to discuss weight on different planets.
Newtons
An event that causes disruptions to the Earth's magnetic field.
Solar storm
The final life stage of the largest stars.
Black hole
This galaxy will collide with ours in about 4.5 billion years.
Andromeda
This term describes objects that spin on their own axis in exactly as much time as it takes them to orbit another object.
Tidally locked
Telluric
The Sun's next life stage.
Red Giant
This irregular galaxy is close to the Milky Way, only 160,000 light years away.
The Large Magellanic Cloud.
8 minutes
The approximate age of the Sun.
4.5 billion years
This element is fused into helium at the Sun's core.
Hydrogen
The name of the supermassive black hole at the center of our galaxy.
Sagittarius A
The approximate weight in Newtons of an object that weighs 12 Newtons on Earth when it's on the moon.
2 Newtons