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Large spiral system consisting of several hundred billion stars, one of which is the Sun.
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An element with an atomic number greater than 92.
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A hypothesis concerning the formation of stars and planets, and therefore the origin of the solar system, according to which a rotating nebula underwent gravitational collapse into a star with an accretion disk, from which planets condensed or formed by coagulation of dust particles into increasingly larger bodies.
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The universe may have been created in a huge explosion at least 12 billion years ago.
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The gravitationally bound system of the Sun and the objects that orbit it, either directly or indirectly.
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The nature of something's ingredients or constituents; the way in which a whole or mixture is made up.
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According to the proportions of an established scale of measurement.