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If our Milky Way galaxy were the size of the United States, our Sun would be smaller than a red blood cell.
Our entire solar system--all the way to Pluto--would fit on the tip of your index finger.
And there are over 2 TRILLION galaxies in the observable universe, containing 10,000 stars for every grain of sand that exists on earth.
According to current scientific understanding, the universe is potentially 100 sextillion times larger than the observable universe. Take a moment to let that sink in.
This breathtaking video shows a high-definition close up of our nearest galactic neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy.
Each tiny fleck of light you see is a star (sun), many of them exponentially larger than our own.
The flecks of light (stars) are, on average, about 5 light years apart from one another. That's a whopping 29 trillion miles. Yet, there are so many of them, that Andromeda looks like it's composed of a giant cloud of dust. It's hard to wrap your mind around it:
Our entire solar system--all the way to Pluto--would fit on the tip of your index finger.
And there are over 2 TRILLION galaxies in the observable universe, containing 10,000 stars for every grain of sand that exists on earth.
According to current scientific understanding, the universe is potentially 100 sextillion times larger than the observable universe. Take a moment to let that sink in.
This breathtaking video shows a high-definition close up of our nearest galactic neighbor, the Andromeda Galaxy.
Each tiny fleck of light you see is a star (sun), many of them exponentially larger than our own.
The flecks of light (stars) are, on average, about 5 light years apart from one another. That's a whopping 29 trillion miles. Yet, there are so many of them, that Andromeda looks like it's composed of a giant cloud of dust. It's hard to wrap your mind around it:
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