GK
THE UNIVERSE
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Thousands
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Billion x billion
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Trillion x trillion
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Million x million
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Detailed explanation-1: -Multiplying that by the Milky Way’s estimated 100 billion stars results in a large number indeed: 1, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000, 000 stars, or a “1” with 24 zeros after it (1 septillion in the American numbering system; 1 quadrillion in the European system).
Detailed explanation-2: -If you were to look outside on a clear night, you could see as many as 6, 000 stars over your head. That seems like a lot, but it’s just a tiny fraction of the total number of stars in outer space. According to astronomers, there are approximately 200 billion trillion stars in our observable universe.
Detailed explanation-3: -Our Sun is one of at least 100 billion stars in the Milky Way, a spiral galaxy about 100, 000 light-years across. And where are we in the Milky Way?
Detailed explanation-4: -The Milky Way contains between 100 and 400 billion stars and at least that many planets.