Short essay on The Universe (The Cosmos) and its birth

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Universe means unimaginably vast space which is unbounded with its dots of body's
are by definition, the universe includes everything that abounds in space, and
space is filled with matter which varies from the tiniest and cosmic particle to
the gigantic galaxies. The universe is known to composed of many types of
comparatively small and large dense Bo e.g., the galaxies, the constellations (star
groups), the stars, the planets other heavenly bodies.

The totality of the heavenly bodies from grand galaxies down to the sm cosmic dust
filling the endless space describes the Universe w dimension is beyond our
comprehension.

There are t divergent theories on the mode of origin of the universe. These are the
B Bang and the Steady State theories. According to 'Big Bang' theory universe has a
finite beginning, through a tremendous explosive expansion superdense and very
condensed matter. The "steady state" theory states the universe expands through a
process of continuous creation of matt which (the process) remains unchanged
through eternity.

Galaxy: A galaxy is a rotating stellar system (star system) consisting of a swarm

of stars which are held together by mutual gravitational attraction. In other
words, a galaxy is an enormously large cluster of stars. Our galaxy to which the
sun along with its planet families belong is an aggregate of aboii one hundred
billion stars. Ours is called "Milky way" galaxy which looks like a discuss (a
disc-shaped metal used in discus throw) when viewed through powerful optical
telescope.

It is a pancake shaped whirling body which is gigantic in size. A part of the

"Milky way" is clearly seen with naked eye as a faint luminous broad band across
the sky during a clear autumn night. It takes about 100,000 years for the light to
go from one end of our galaxy to the other end. There are billions of galaxies in
the universe. The nearest galaxy comparable to our Milky Way in size is the
Andromeda galaxy.

Stars and Planets: A star is a self-luminous and incandescent globe of hot gases.
Stars produce their own light and are seen twinkling in the sky. The stars vary in
size, temperature and constituent materials. Many stars occur in pairs (twins).
They may even occur in triplets or quadruplets.

Most of the stars have their own systems of planets and satellites revolving round
them. In such cases, a star constitutes a star system. Our sun is a star having its
own planetary and satellite system called the "solar system".

Planets and satellites are non-luminous heavenly bodies which shine only because of
reflection of star (sun) light from their surface. The planets whirl round their
stars in definite orbits.