Outer Space is Deep, Astronomical, and Covers a Vast Distance
The more I think about it, the more I realize that outer space is huge. If you look up at the sky at night, you will see many stars (assuming it isn’t cloudy). Each one of those stars in outer space can potentially have 1 or more planets around it. Some semi-quick math tells you that even if there were only 1,000 stars in outer space (I am trying to utilize a realistic number), and each star had only 1 planet nearby, there are potentially 1,000 other planets in the entire universe!
For those of you who didn’t quite follow the math, here’s how I came up with 1,000 potential planets:
1,000 stars in the sky (I have verified that this is a realistic number of stars that exist because I have personally counted up to this number)
1 planet by each star (I tried to be conservative and assumed that each star only has 1 planet)
So,
1,000 (number of stars) X 1 (number of planets) = 1,000 potential planets!
With numbers that large, there’s a thought that can boggle your mind.
You know, I’d have to agree with you. I don’t think that anyone knows where the universe (or as you term it – outer space) begins and ends. I would call it bigger than huge, but I’m not sure what the right word would be – vast, infinite, cosmic, large…these words don’t quite fit. Thoughts?
Lol, you’ve personally counted all the stars?? This is hilarious, but does make you think!
cooooooooooooooooooooooooooooool pics of the earth
They sure are.
i love3 astronomy so much i like ur site…
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i love the stars for it is they are beutiful
it really is just mind boggling. it’s unimaginable how incredibly huge the universe is. i mean you just look at a perfect night’s sky and i bet you can’t even fathom how small you really are in relation to the vastness that is our universe. dang..
by the way, beautiful pictures.
I recently read they have cataloged about a half million galaxies.Each galaxy contains billions of stars, do the math!If each star has only a few planets…..there is life out there. AMAZING
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This my very favourite pastime, Astronomy!
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Keep ’em Coming,
Karen
haha i would think there may be more than 1000 planets in the universe considering we can’t even see all the stars and some are galaxies not just planets, containing millions of planets each. and the universe is allegedly continously expanding into infinity
Ya, I do agree with the statement that potentially, more so factually, there are many planets. But i do believe that it is most evident the truth in the big bang. So knowing where it all began can definitly be pinpointed. Now on the other hand where it all will end will be for tommorrow to tell. As far as we know there can be a finite amount of mass and an infinite amount of space. Now i wouldn’t invest too much in the thought. We dont even know as to whether or not this is the first time that the “big” has went “bang”. In our sight we move so slow that we cant even determine we are being pushed from the point of origin or on the virge of falling back in on itsef. But lets not be so sure as to to start putting limits on its potential
and something else, this has really bothered me for some time now. and that is the usage of the word universe as plural. ie universes. If it exists, even if it is nothingness, it is still part of the ONE and only Universe. no s.
wow that pic is so cool is it real?really cool pic i like it so much i have to say this a lot of times but i have to say it a millions of times it is so cool
this is a cool web site because my class is learning about outer space rite now.i just found some cool web sites just now and one of them is yours thanks for leting me leave a comment 1\30\2011
whoo i love space one day im going to be an astronaught
How mind bogling! So amazing! How could this vastness and it’s orderliness come from some big explosion? There has to be God.
hey,i have always been fascinated by the space and how amazing it is but i do not understand how that each star has a planet around it, all i know are the basics that there are only 9 planets in this universe
I smell sarcasm.