What is the solar system? MADDIE MOATE: The universe is vast. CHILD: Vast means really, really big! MADDIE: There are a lot of stars in our universe. And the sun is a star that gives out heat and ...

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Watch this video to find out more about the Earth, planets in our Solar System and other planets far off in outer space. From up here on the International Space Station I get a great view of Earth.

The solar system originated from a collapsing cloud of gas and dust approximately 4.5 billion years ago, with the Sun forming in the central region through nuclear fusion and the planets condensing ...

And the earth was without form and void, and darkness was upon the face of the deep. Sometimes, if the night is dark and clear enough, you can look up and see the Milky Way in its arc across the sky.