the Milky Way is one galaxy among hundreds of billions and that Galaxy contains hundreds of billions of stars of which our sun is an average to below average example ...
How many believe it was all created so we could say "Gee, look at the pretty stars" (99.999% of which, btw, we cannot see with the naked eye!)
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2006-10-29 20:48:53 · 9 answers · asked by Brendan G 4 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
gratvol, please see:
http://imagine.gsfc.nasa.gov/docs/ask_astro/answers/021127a.html
2006-10-29 20:56:33 · update #1
desire. actually we're both wrong, it's 28 billion light years across, as I only counted one direction:
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/universe/howbig.html
2006-10-29 21:00:46 · update #2
The visible universe is 28 billion light years across with us in the center because that is the only light that has reached us so far, you could be at the edge of what we see and still only see 28 billion light years across.
It's believed that the universe could possibly be infinite and if it's not we are only seeing a small part of it.
Here is what the visible universe holds:
Number of superclusters in the visible universe = 10 million
Number of galaxy groups in the visible universe = 25 billion
Number of large galaxies in the visible universe = 350 billion
Number of dwarf galaxies in the visible universe = 7 trillion
Number of stars in the visible universe = 30 billion trillion (3x10²²)
2006-10-29 21:43:48 · answer #1 · answered by Sean 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
13.7 billion light years is NOT the size of the universe. The estimated length of the OBSERVABLE Universe is 15.8 billion light years across. The whole universe is estimated to be around 78 billion light years, and still expanding at an ever-increasing rate. Get your facts right before trying to mock Christians.
Anyway, i agree that the 1.9 Ã 10^33 cubic light years of space (assuming this region is perfectly spherical) is not just for us to look at and say "wow, look the the pwetty wittle stars".
PS: I am not wrong about the estimate of the size of the universe beyond the cosmic light horizon being 78 billion light years, and neither are you about it being 28. Since it is beyond the perceivable universe, we can only speculate about the actual size about the universe, and no one will ever know exactly how big it is (some think it goes up to infinity). Anyway, I said it was an estimate, didn't I?
2006-10-30 04:57:25 · answer #2 · answered by =_= 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I really wonder what you are trying to ask here. I doubt very few (Christians and others) think that all the universe was created for us to look and think "Gee, look at the pretty stars".
That size and amounts of stars sure does put one in awe. What do you think, where did it all come from? What was the first mover, or figuratively speaking: who put the first balls rolling?
2006-10-30 05:12:57 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who said it was created so we could say "Gee, look at the pretty stars"???
IMO, God created it to show us a glimpse of His power.
Only God can answer why He created it, we can only speculate.
2006-10-30 04:57:30 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
just out of curiosity where did you get your source that their are hundreds of billions of Galaxies
I have never seen that published anywhere
2006-10-30 04:52:38 · answer #5 · answered by Gamla Joe 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
everthing that was created was created for the glory of God. whether it is a speck of dust or the milky way.
2006-10-30 04:57:21 · answer #6 · answered by ekduin 3 · 0⤊ 1⤋
It was created so you and I could stand in awe at the majesty of our Creator.
2006-10-30 04:55:42 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Btw do you know that most christians dont belive this stuff that you are talking about. Sad isn't it?
2006-10-30 05:10:19 · answer #8 · answered by Evil Atheist Conspirator 4 · 0⤊ 2⤋
Mabe it was all created just so you can ask this question.
only Allah knows.
2006-10-30 04:52:15 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋