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Solar System Part 2 - Our Place in the Cosmos

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  • In this episode, we’ll be making a sequel to our episode about the Solar System.
  • [TRANSITION]
  • The universe is fascinating. We are extremely small in the universe. I’m going to explain to you where you are in the cosmos.
  • Let’s start with your city. I live near San Francisco, which is in California, United States.
  • You are probably in a house right now. If not, you might be in a building, an apartment, a car, a plane, or somewhere else. That place is probably in a city. A city is usually part of a county. San Francisco, for example, is in San Francisco County. Counties are in states or regions. San Francisco County is in California. States or regions are in countries. California is in the United States of America. Countries are on continents. United States is on North America. Continents are on a planet. North America is on Earth. Planets are sometimes in solar systems. Earth is in our Solar System. Our Solar System is on the Orion Spur, one of the arms of our galaxy, the Milky Way. The Milky Way is in the Local Group of Galaxies. The Local Group is a group of galaxies in the cosmos. The Milky Way is the second largest, with first being the Andromeda Galaxy. Fun Fact: The Andromeda Galaxy is slowly heading our way, going to collide with the Milky Way in 4 billion years. The Local Group is a group in the Virgo Supercluster, or the Local Supercluster. The Virgo Supercluster is a supercluster of galaxies containing the Virgo Cluster and the Local Group. The Virgo Supercluster is called the Virgo Supercluster because most of it is in the constellation of Virgo. The Virgo Supercluster is in the cosmic web. This is a model of the cosmos that scientists are still trying to finish.
  • That was cool! I hope you enjoyed that! Time for fun facts!
  • 1. The universe is 13 billion years old!
  • 2. The universe is getting bigger.
  • 3. The universe is filled with dark matter, an invisible substance.
  • 4. There could be more than one universe, or a multiverse.
  • Thanks for listening! I really enjoyed this episode. 
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