Wednesday, February 17, 2010

Star Facts

The sun is the closest star to earth

Hotter stars are blue, while cooler ones are red

There are over 100 billion stars in our galaxy and over 100 billion galaxies

Hydrogen makes up 90%+ of all matter in the universe

On any given night approximately 2000 stars are visible

Light from the sun takes about 8 minutes to reach earth

Not even light can escape a black hole

Stars age between 1 and 10 billion years old

The stars in the milky way galaxy take around 200 millions years to revolve

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