how many stars are there out there in space.?

Answer 1

Survey says... *70 sextillion.*

Or,

70,000,000,000,000,000,000,000

!!!

I didn't even know we had names for numbers this big.

Check it out below.

Answer 2

In the Milky Way (our galaxy) a fairly accurate estimate of 200-400 billion (2 x 10^11 - 4 x 10^11)

In the universe as a whole: 70 sextillion (7 x 10^22) is the best guestimate available currently

Answer 3

NASA and the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) are collaborating on a new education activity that lets students become amateur scientists by inputting the number of stars that they see in their night sky along with information on the viewing and atmospheric conditions in their area into a North America-wide database. Participants can then use the results and the information found on the Star Count website to investigate the visual quality of the nighttime sky.

For more information on the Star Count project on the Internet, visit:

www.space.gc.ca/stars
or
www.nasa.gov/audience/foreducators/starcount/home/index.html

Answer 4

9/1/06:
No one knows !
Our Best Equipment (Telescopes, etc) still cannot see all the stars, and we know that, since all the star regions that we can see, indicate that there are other stars, further out !
Also, every time we have invented and used better telescopes, (Hubble, etc, ) these have seen more stars that were previously not visible to previous equipment.
This is a difficult concept to accept, ---ie: that there may be "Infinite" numbers of stars, but, so far, that is what all reported observations have implied !
The best answer to the question, is: An unknown vast number of stars !

Answer 5

looked at our observatory records and called around to 13 different collegues at different observatories around the U.S to get the info for you . The current estimated number is 70,000 million.

That's the total number of stars in the known universe, according to a study by Australian astronomers.

It's also about 10 times as many stars as grains of sand on all the world's beaches and deserts.

The figure -- 7 followed by 22 zeros or, more accurately, 70 sextillion -- was calculated by a team of Astronomers based at the Australian National University.

Answer 6

Say an average of 100 billion stars in each galaxy, 100 billion galaxies in the Universe.

100 billion x 100 billion stars = 1 septillion stars

Quite a lot of stars!

Answer 7

Actually, according to a new theory about "gravitational lensing" there may be allot less than what we expected. What I mean is that "Super Clusters of Galaxies" can warp the space around them and form "lenses" and make themselves or distant galaxies appear out of place or perhaps "next to them" like a mirage. So, while where seeing a cluster that actually isn't "next" to the "Super Cluster" it looks like there is one there. However, there are still an infinite number of Stars in this Universe for us to even consider visiting.

http://search.yahoo.com/search?p=gravitational+lensing%2C+super+clusters&fr=FP-tab-web-t500&toggle=1&cop=&ei=UTF-8

Answer 8

Carl Sagan, a famous astronomer-scientist said there are more stars than there are grains of sand on all the earth - and I believe what he says is probably true.

Answer 9

There are infinetly many stars, cuz space stretches on infinetly and therefore starts are infinite too.

I think it's a defined number actualy...

maybe it's around 10,222,524,562,462,235,745,632,568,634???

HAHA there's even the chance i'm right!

Answer 10

I've heard that there are as many stars as there are grains of sand on all the beach's and deserts in the world.

Answer 11

42 to the power of 42 x 42 to the power of 42.

I am the Astro Fringe and I live in space.