Explanation

Jupiter, Uranus, and Neptune have rings, too.

But Saturn's rings are the biggest and brightest.

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Explanation

Sunlight travels at the speed of light.

Sunlight an average of 8 minutes and 20 seconds to travel from the Sun to the Earth.

Light from Sun travels a distance of  150 Million km before it reaches Earth

Moonlight an average of 1.3 seconds to travel from the moon to the Earth.

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Explanation

Order of Planets from the Sun (by distance):

• 1st: Mercury
• 2nd: Venus
• 3rd: Earth
• 4th: Mars

Explanation

Venus
Venus is the closest planet to Earth when it's between Earth and the sun.

At this point, Venus is about 24 million miles away from Earth.

This happens every 584 days.
Mercury
Mercury is the closest planet to Earth while Venus is on the opposite side of the sun from Earth.

At this point, Mercury is about 33 million miles away from Earth.

Explanation

A galaxy is a gravitational system of stars, star remnants, interstellar gas, dust, and dark matter.

Earth: diameter of approximately 12,742 kilometers (7,918 miles)

The Sun: diameter of approximately 1,392,684 kilometers (865,374 miles)

Solar System: diameter of approximately 9.2 billion kilometers (5.7 billion miles)

Galaxy (Milky Way): diameter of approximately 100,000 to 200,000 light-years (9.461 × 10^17 to 1.884 × 10^18 kilometers)