· The Sun is always losing weight in fact Scientists have worked out that it loses around 4 Million tonnes every second, this is the amount of hydrogen gas that the sun turns into energy every second.
· The universe extents from the Earth for at least 10 Billion Light Years and its probably still expanding
· From Edge To Edge the Milky Way is about 100,000 light years across.
· The Moon is moving slowly away from the Earth at the rate of 3cm per year.
The universe is so vast in relation to the matter it contains that it can be compared in the following way: A building 20 miles long, 20 miles wide and 20 miles high that contains 1 grain of sand.
ReplyDeleteThe three most common elements in the universe are 1) hydrogen; 2) helium; 3) oxygen.
Scientists believe that hydrogen comprises approximately 90 to 99 percent of all matter in the Universe.
A bucket filled with earth would Weigh about five times more than the same bucket filled with the substance of the sun. However, the force of Gravity is so much greater on the sun that a man Weighing 150 pounds on our planet would Weigh 2 tons on the sun.