Our solar system is about 2/3 of the way out one of the spiral arms of the Milky Way galaxy, well out from the center. Because of the apparent expansion of the universe, we are unable to determine where the Milky Way galaxy is with reference to any 'fixed" reference; there appear to be no fixed references in the universe.
the sun is the center of the galaxy and earth is the third rock from the sun
We are thousands of light years from the center of the universe.
The solar system orbits around the center of the Galaxy.
we are about a 100 light years away from the center.
Nobody knows where you are in the universe. However, in the observable universe you are in the center.
The Earth is about 26,000 km from the center of our galaxy.
Roughly 26600 LY. A recent paper quoted 8172±35 pc 1pc=3.2615LY
With the scales involved, you might as well consider the Solar system, as a whole, as a point. The Solar system is 26,613±114LY from the center of the galaxy, on the inner edge of the Orion spur.
Right here - on planet Earth.
a Galaxy is smaller because the universe holds everything
`Solar system` is the smallest. then `Galaxy`, then `Universe` is the largest.
Ptolemy said the Earth is the center of the universe, everything revolves around it once a day. Copernicus said the Sun is the center of our galaxy, and there are other galaxies that just wander around the universe.
..What..? The univere is EVERYTHING, including the milky way galaxy.
that portion of the universe that we can see in principle, given the finite age of the universe
the universe is bigger than the galaxy because our galaxy (the milky way) is in the universe.
Actually a galaxy is in a universe
A galaxy is a tine part of the universe.
The universe contains countless galaxies, think of the universe as a galaxy of galaxies.
The universe contains countless galaxies, think of the universe as a galaxy of galaxies.
galaxy is in the universe
a Galaxy is smaller because the universe holds everything
In the galaxy, we are in one of the spiral arms. We do not know where we are in the Universe.
the universe apparently never stops going. Plus the galaxy's are included with the universe :)
Universe -> galaxy -> star -> planet
`Solar system` is the smallest. then `Galaxy`, then `Universe` is the largest.
Irregular galaxy