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From the smallest parts to the biggest The universe From the smallest parts to the biggest

The Universe is bigger than you (might) think Bigger than you think?

Consists of the Sun and the Planets orbiting it. solar system Consists of the Sun and the Planets orbiting it. Includes asteroids, stars, gases and dust

Galaxies A galaxy is made of millions of planets, stars, dust and gas Held together by gravity We are part of the Milky Way galaxy and it is SPIRAL shaped

Clusters Clumps of galaxies Andromeda Galaxy Milky Way Galaxy Galaxy Messier 33

Superclusters A large collection of galaxies in one part of the universe Our galaxy is in the Virgo supercluster The Virgo supercluster contains about 1000 galaxies

Largest structure in the universe Filaments Largest structure in the universe A chain made up of superclusters connected together

Contains a very large number of superclusters and filaments Universe Contains a very large number of superclusters and filaments Bigger than we can comprehend

Light Years a unit of astronomical distance the distance that light can travel in one year Almost 6 trillion miles

Makes up most of the universe We can not see it Dark Matter Makes up most of the universe We can not see it Does have gravitational pull

Universe Size Comparison