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History - Big History

The Earth and the Solar System

Solar system image from Wikimedia Commons

"Solar system" by Harman Smith and Laura Generosa (nee Berwin), graphic artists and contractors to NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory. - http://www.nasa.gov/. Licensed under Public domain via Wikimedia Commons.

Threshold 4 looks at the formation of the solar system and the planet Earth.

Books

Not studying at Macquarie? Check your school or local library for these titles.

Extension

For more in-depth information on the science behind our Solar System.

Free online resources

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