TIP #1: Use the mnemonic device of STEAL to remember the five types of indirect characterization TIP #2: Use indirect characterization to analyze visual media: Film: Look at how the character dresses and moves. Note the facial expressions when the director moves in for a close-up shot.
Every planet in the solar system and everyone on Earth are located in the Milky Way Galaxy. The Milky Way contains approximately 100 to 400 billion stars, one of which is the sun.
We don't have to go to the Andromeda Galaxy to consider this. Our own galaxy has several hundred billion stars. Already, over 2000 planets have been discovered around nearby stars outside of our Solar System, and the number is rapidly increasing.