2007-03-10 01:20:23 · 21 answers · asked by Anonymous in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
The most distant star from earth is billions of light years. What you are asking in effect is the size of the universe.
2007-03-10 01:27:37 · answer #1 · answered by misoma5 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Draw a line from the center of the Earth through the center of the universe, and keep going until you get to the expanding edge of the universe. I don't know for sure how far that is -- probably about 30 billion light years (depending on estimates of the size and age of the universe).
2007-03-10 04:58:50 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
What type of star arwe we talking about?
Because some stars cannot be seen with telescopes when they are far away.
You also have to take into account that we cant even see the farthest Galaxy let alone a star......
BTW the 'end' of the universe might not have a star at it.
The nearest star is sol, that is all we can say without relying on equations & theories that might prove to be faulty. in the future.
2007-03-10 04:45:15 · answer #3 · answered by WRDSB 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This particular point of conjecture (and it is conjecture, it isn't something we can know for sure) is frequently being redefined and most often the distance is expanded. The human mind has a difficult time wrapping itself around such gigantic numbers and such vast distance. The easiest way of thinking of it is that the universe goes on indefinitely. There really is no most distant star; there are endless stars. This is a concept difficult to grasp, we are creatures of beginnings and ends. But so are curved space and space time. Welcome to Astronomy!
2007-03-10 02:12:47 · answer #4 · answered by allnyermind 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The most distant star clusters observed to date by the Hubble telescope, are approximately 1billion light years away.
2007-03-10 08:25:04 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
4 or 5 billion light years, which would be the edge of the universe. And since 1 light year is about 5.8 trillion miles, 4 or 5 billion is a really long way away.
2007-03-10 01:30:41 · answer #6 · answered by crazydave 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
I heard 15 billion light years you never truly know because technology cant keep up with that, the universe is still in the expanding stage again eh otherwise we're getting closer to the solaris the sun. either way it the only thing that will really effect our lifetime is the speed that it happens
2007-03-13 11:19:39 · answer #7 · answered by tboyd322001 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
This is impossible to know, not least because the galaxies are all rushing away from one another at an alarming rate (and the further they are away, the faster they are rushing - see "Hubble Constant"). Or in other words, the little buggers just won't sit still and be measured! (Sorry) xxx
2007-03-12 10:58:48 · answer #8 · answered by Girly Brains 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The distances always keep increasing. So, no way to tell a definite figure. A few billion light years away.
2007-03-10 02:37:02 · answer #9 · answered by Swamy 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the star is at the end of the universe and no one been to it yet lol
2007-03-10 01:35:24 · answer #10 · answered by sarah-lou 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋