Read the following facts and answer the questions that follow :
The Sun is nearly 150,000,000 kilometers (150 million km) away from the Earth.
The next nearest star is Proxima centauri. It is at a distance ofabout 40,000,000,000,000 km
from the Earth. Can you read this distance in kilometers conveniently ? Some stars are even
further away.
Such large distances are expressed in another unit known as light yean It is the distance
travelled by light is about 300,000 km per second. Thus, the distance ofthe Sun from the
Earth may be said to be about 8 light minutes. The distance ofAlpha centauri is about 4.3
light years.
How far is the Sun away from the Earth ?
The next nearest star is Proxima Centauri which is the nearest star to the Earth ?
Which unit is used to measure astronomical distances ?
What is the distance ofAlpha Centauri from the Sun ?
WhatisAlphaCentauri ?
Name the galaxy in which our solar system found.
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Science is the pursuit and application of knowledge and understanding of the natural and social world following a systematic methodology based on evidence. ... Evidence. Experiment and/or observation as benchmarks for testing hypotheses.
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