Interesting facts about stars and solar system at least 20.

Dear student,

1. Proxima Centauri, is the nearest star to our solar system is which is 4.2 light years away. from us, even using the latest technology,6300 years will be required to reach there. 
2. Stars do not twinkle.
3. The red dwarf stars is considered as smallest stars.
4. Stars are not close to one another though they appears to be very close in the night sky
5. There are 10,000 crore - 40,000 crore of stars in the milky way, forget the number in the whole universe.
6. All the stars that you see in the night sky are actually much bigger and brighter than our sun.
7. In a clear night sky, you can see at least 20 quadrillion miles.
8. Comets and asteroids are leftovers of solar system
9. The Sun is really massive around 99.86% of the Solar System’s mass is concentrated in sun only.
10. Our Solar System is 4.6 Billion Years Old
11. Sunlight Takes Around 8 Minutes To Reach Earth (which is located 93 million miles away from sun)
12. Planets Are Made of Rock or Gas
13. The inner planets (Mercury, Venus , Earth and Mars) are basically made of rock 
14. The outer planets (Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus and Neptune) are made of hydrogen, helium and other gases
15. Most of the asteroids are found between Mars and Jupiter
16. The Closer To The Sun, The Hotter The Planets get.
17. There Are 100 Billion Solar Systems In Milky Way Galaxy
18. Till now we don't have any pictures showing the entire scope of the Milky Way
19. The average star is between 1 and 10 billion years old
20. Red Dwarfs The most common type of star

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