WELCOME TO OUR VIRTUAL TRIP IN THE SPACE

LET US BEGIN WITH THE SOLAR SYSTEM – OUR HOME

Solar system

Mercury is the smallest, closest to the Sun and most fast-moving planet named after the

winged messenger of the Roman Gods

Venus is named after the Goddess Venus. Sometimes it is called “Planet-

sister of the Earth"

Earth - the most beautiful planet and it is our home

Here we are, seen from the Moon

Mars –it is so called “The Red Planet“- it is the best trained planet and it is the most likely place where you can

find water or even life

Jupiter is the largest and the fastest spinning planet

The little green spot is North America

Saturn is best known for its rings composed of ice and space dust

And here are six planets like Earth, compared with Saturn

If Earth had rings like those of Saturn

Uranus- its most peculiar characteristic feature is the inclination of its axis of rotation by almost

90 degrees

Neptune was the first planet and its existence was proved by mathematical

calculations, it is farthermost from the Sun.

This is a comet. Here's how it looks like when you compare it to Los Angeles

Here are several pictures of beautiful auroras.

Auroras is an optical phenomenon seen in the sky over the polar regions of Earth

forming in consequence of the interaction of charged particles from the solar wind to

the magnetosphere. The phenomenon may be likened to a stunning dance of

coloured lights in the sky. The reason for that amazingly beautiful natural

phenomenon is the solar activity.

Let’s continue our space trip

But all this can not be compared to the Sun:

Our Sun is the star in the center of the Solar system. The average

distance from the Sun to Earth is approximately 149.6 million

kilometers. In this average distance light travels from the Sun to the Earth in about 8 minutes and 19

seconds. The energy of this sunlight supports almost all life on the Earth through photosynthesis and guide

the planet's climate.

Milky road- our Universal home. The Milky Way galaxy is 100,000 to 120,000 light years in diameter, which contains about 100-400 billion stars.

All the stars in the night sky, however, you see, are surrounded by a yellow

circle

That is one of the galaxies -UDF 423. It is 10 billion years away from us. When you look at the image, you stare at billions of years in the

past.

Let's think a bit more extensive, however. Only in this image taken by the telescope "Hubble", there are

thousands and thousands of galaxies, each containing millions of stars with their own planets

Let’s see some new beautiful objects - nebulae. The nebula is a cloud of interstellar dust, gas and plasma. It can be seen thanks to the emitted or absorbed by her waves and particles, which distinguishes it from the surrounding interstellar medium. Narrow form due to graviaty collapse of interstellar gas in galaxies

A black hole is an area in space-time that can not be divorced from anything, even light, due to its

immense gravity.

Here's one that is compared to the orbit of our Earth:

And, are we alone in this vast universe?

... .or there are other living creatures?

Look at that lovely planet and never forget that we must do our best to save it! It is our home!

Here it goes: This is the entire observable Universe. And our place is in it. We are

like small ants in a giant jar.