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The Earth is thought to have formed about 4.5 billion years ago, sometime shortly after the formation of the Sun. The Earth and other planets are believed to have originated as a disc of matter travelling too quickly to be captured into the mass of the Sun. Perturbations in the disc resulted in clumps of heavier elements which became the planets and asteroids. Farther from the Sun, clumps also coalesced into icy dwarf planets, and into comets.
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Is betelgeuse the farthest star from earth?
No, Betelgeuse is about 640 light-years from earth, but some stars are many billions of light-years away.
What Is The First Year Of The World?
The earth is approximately 4.5 billion years old.Counting the years did not start until civilisation existed. It also depends on which calender you are using. (there are many)
How many years has the sun existed?
4.57 billion years
Will earth be destroyed when the Andromeda galaxy collides with the milky way galaxy?
The collision of Andromeda with the Milky Way is not expected for many billions of years, by which time the Earth will have already been destroyed by the expansion of the sun into a red giant.
In how many years will the sun stop shining?
Depends on how you classify shining.The Sun will stop being the small "yellow" object in the sky in about 4.5 billion years.It will then turn into a red giant, a massive object that will almost touch Earth - not that anything will be alive to see it. That will last for about another billion years.After that, it will shed it's outer layers in a planetary nebula, taking most of the surface of Earth with it.All that is left, is a hot white dwarf, that will still have heat to radiate, and that will continue for billions of billions of years.So, the Sun will still shine in billions of years time, but "not as we know it"
How many years does it take for light from the other side of the galaxy to get to earth?
Billions and billions of years....
How many years can earth live for?
Eventually our sun is going to swallow the earth. But that's many thousands of billions of years away still.
How many years have volcanoes been around for?
They have been on Earth since Earth has existed.
Is betelgeuse the farthest star from earth?
No, Betelgeuse is about 640 light-years from earth, but some stars are many billions of light-years away.
How many orbits are there in the moon is it 9 or 6?
The Moon has been orbiting the Earth for Billions of years
How many years is the concept of geologic time?
The Earth has existed in roughly its present form for about 4.5x109 years.
How long has the Andromeda galaxy been alive?
Never - its not alive. But it has existed for many billions of years, almost 13.
Have there been homosexuals for millions of years?
Sodom and Gomorrah is the first mention of homosexuality in the Bible, but it is likely that it existed before then. Many Christians would object to the idea that it has existed for "millions of years", since many Christians believe that the earth has existed for only about 6,000 to 10,000 years.
How many flowers are on earth?
billions of flowers
How many years did Alcatraz existed?
Alcatraz existed for 28 years
How many fish are in earth's waters?
Billions if not trillions.
How long a mountain live?
1) they're not alive - so they don't live. 2) they exist for many millions of years on Earth - on the moon it's billions of years.
