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Earth our home is the third planet from the Sun the star of our solar system is a speck within the Milky Way Galaxy of our unfathomably voluminous universe. Our species scientific name is homo sapiens commonly called humans are made of star dust formed from the life-cycle of stars given life in a way we don’t fully understand. We share DNA with most life on Earth, because despite our difference life on Earth is more alike than we are different. Whether it’s plants, animals, or us humans, we require mostly the same stuff, such as carbon, nitrogen, potassium, etc.