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Space Space is HUGE! Distances in Space Astronomical Units Light Years The vast number of stars Space facts Voyager 1 Space travel

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Images of the Universe Video The universe is everything that exists, including all matter and energy everywhere. ______________ Images of the Universe Video

Space is Huge! Measuring Distance in Space Space is so vast we cannot measure the distance using normal means (km, miles, etc.) Ex/ distance from the Earth to the Sun = approximately 150 million km, or 93 million miles and relatively speaking, the Sun is not that far away!! _____________

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Light Year In Space the distances are gigantic. For example, the closest star to Earth (besides our sun) is close to _____________

A Light Year So to measure really long distances, _____________ Light travels at .................................. A light year is the distance that light can travel in a year or: _____________

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The Vast Number of Stars!! It is estimated that there are about .................................. All the stars in space outnumber ..................................

1 light year = 9,460,800,000,000 km Distance from Earth to Uranus (farthest planet in our solar system) = 1 607 000 000 miles = 2586215808 km = 17.2877849 A.U. = 0.000273369065 light years Alpha Centauri (nearest star)  _____________ .................................. Furthest galaxies seen in the universe  15,000,000,000 light years

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Voyager 1 _____________ A space probe launched in .................................. _____________ Click here to see where Voyager is now: ..................................

Space Travel 77, 000 years is a long time to journey in a space craft ..................................