2007-06-19 12:39:57 · 13 answers · asked by La La 2 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Astronomy & Space
Stars - except ours they influence us in No Way, however we are the remnants of a super nova explosion so I guess we rely heavily on the fact that a star died to make us.
Planets, well, again apart from earth not a lot but there is evidence that without the large gas giants (especially Jupiter) the solar system would be full of comets and asteroids so earth would be bombarded beyond belief (Jupiter was hit not long ago by a comet you may remember Huygens). Think of it as a hoover keeping us safe from debris.
2007-06-19 12:45:30 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
The best answer is that the planets (including Earth, of course) are in our solar system because they cannot escape the gravitational pull of the Sun. They don't have any real purpose. The universe is so massive that even our galaxy is tiny in comparison to the size of the universe. Any "significance" we place on the Earth, the Sun, or the Moon is only because we deal with those things all the time, and not because they have any purpose in the universe.
2016-05-20 01:05:24 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Scientifically, there is no purpose to anything in nature. Purpose is what results from intelligent action, and science hasn't yet detected that the universe was designed via an intelligence. It just is, on the assumption that this universe is basically an accident with no artificial direction.
If you're religious or philosophical and believe that this universe was artificially created, you could theorize about a variety of purposes, such as "To inspire curiosity" or "They're byproducts of a design for a universe that can give rise to intelligent life capable of asking, 'What are stars and planets for?' "
Best Wishes,
Gary
2007-06-19 12:51:41 · answer #3 · answered by Gary H 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
The question of purpose presumes beforehand that there is a designer, a planner behind it all. I don't believe that's the case. Stars and planets are the result of collapsing interstellar dust clouds that occur naturally due to gravitational effects. See some really cool Hubble images that show examples of "stellar nurseries."
2007-06-19 13:08:17 · answer #4 · answered by SallyJM 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
They are full of chemical elements that, under the right conditions, would produce life. The other planets and moons in our solar system do not produce life (as far as we know), because the conditions are not right. Hey, very few acorns that fall to the earth turn into oak trees.
2007-06-19 13:35:18 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
None. Purpose is a man-made thing. The natural world just is. There is no supreme being or purpose behind it all.
2007-06-19 12:45:49 · answer #6 · answered by zee_prime 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
To make you look up and "wonder"....
It gives us something to "shoot for", when we become adventurous and want to extend mankind out pasts our own little planet.
The stars give us light so that we know its different from Daylight. It gives us something to "see by" or steer a ship by at night. It serves as a reminder that "we are not alone" and that the LORD put that all there for our benefiet, to appreciate HIS wonder and splendor...
Besides, they are nice to look at when your out in the woods alone or with some one, and laying on the grass, just pondering the Universe and our little part in it...
I wish you well...
Jesse
2007-06-19 12:54:27 · answer #7 · answered by x 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There are about 300 billion stars in our galaxy and about 300 billion other galaxies. Ours is one of billions of billions of planets. Life developed on our planet, it is quite likely that life developed on other planets. There is no purpose to any of it, it just is.
2007-06-19 12:51:16 · answer #8 · answered by tentofield 7 · 2⤊ 0⤋
They don't serve a purpose. They're just there. What do you want them to do?
2007-06-19 12:47:23 · answer #9 · answered by murnip 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
Why are you here? What purpose do you serve?
2007-06-19 18:28:05 · answer #10 · answered by amused_from_afar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋