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Total stars in Universe is rougly equal to the total number (ever) of human cells.
April 29, 2018 at 9:31 am
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The number of stars in the Universe is equal to or slightly greater than the number of cells in all the humans who have ever lived:
There are 37.2 trillion cells in your body:
https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-new...y-4941473/
The number of human beings who have ever lived is 108 billion:
http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/fire-i...uXIG2Eh2Uk
Finally, there are 10^24 stars (a number that has been increasing over the years) in the Universe:
https://www.space.com/26078-how-many-sta...there.html
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RE: Total stars in Universe is rougly equal to the total number (ever) of human cells.
April 29, 2018 at 10:14 am
The universe?
We have no ideal how big the universe is. So there is no basis to estimate how many stars there are in it. It could well be infinite.
We may estimate how many stars are in the observable part of the universe. But that number is constantly being decreased as accelerting expansion of the universe continues to push galaxies and stars near the edge of our observable universe outside of our observation horizon.
Furthermore, it is thought that the rate of new star formation in the visible universe peaked 7 billion years ago, long before the sun formed. The rate of new star formation now is only a fraction of the peak, as most of available gas and dust needed for star formation is already used up. So new star formation within our visible horizon can’t keep pace with stars lost to the observable universe due to cosmic expansion. I don’t know the precise figure, but I would not be surprised if the visible universe is already losing stars much faster than it is making new ones.
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RE: Total stars in Universe is rougly equal to the total number (ever) of human cells.
April 29, 2018 at 10:34 am
Excellent points. The term "universe" (such as observable, non-observable that is spatially connected, non-observable, non-spatially connected, etc.) mean different things to different physicists and astronomers.
In any case, the observable Universe is really big, and the number of planets is even bigger, and yet, some dude in 1st century Palestine was the creator of all of this???
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RE: Total stars in Universe is rougly equal to the total number (ever) of human cells.
April 29, 2018 at 10:39 am
I have no idea how many stars are in the observable universe, but I'm pretty sure it's more than 50.
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RE: Total stars in Universe is rougly equal to the total number (ever) of human cells.
April 29, 2018 at 10:45 am
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(April 29, 2018 at 10:34 am)Jehanne Wrote: Excellent points. The term "universe" (such as observable, non-observable that is spatially connected, non-observable, non-spatially connected, etc.) mean different things to different physicists and astronomers.
In any case, the observable Universe is really big, and the number of planets is even bigger, and yet, some dude in 1st century Palestine was the creator of all of this???
I think the sound argument is no creator is needed or evidenced, rather than no creator could be equal to the task attributed to it.
The latter argues from incredulity in the same manner creationists rage that no process other than that of a conscious creator could be equal to the task.
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April 29, 2018 at 12:25 pm
If intelligent life can be established on just one other World, then it likely exists on trillions of others. How many "revealed religions" could there be across space and time?
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April 29, 2018 at 12:34 pm
(April 29, 2018 at 12:25 pm)Jehanne Wrote: If intelligent life can be established on just one other World, then it likely exists on trillions of others. How many "revealed religions" could there be across space and time?
I think I will not insult alien intelligences i’ve never met with accussasion as vile as to insinuate they could have perpetrated their own version of jesusism or muhammudism.
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RE: Total stars in Universe is rougly equal to the total number (ever) of human cells.
April 29, 2018 at 12:47 pm
(April 29, 2018 at 12:34 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: (April 29, 2018 at 12:25 pm)Jehanne Wrote: If intelligent life can be established on just one other World, then it likely exists on trillions of others. How many "revealed religions" could there be across space and time?
I think I will not insult alien intelligences i’ve never met with accussasion as vile as to insinuate they could have perpetrated their own version of jesusism or muhammudism.
Unless they're from Teegeeack . . . .
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April 29, 2018 at 5:37 pm
(April 29, 2018 at 12:34 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: (April 29, 2018 at 12:25 pm)Jehanne Wrote: If intelligent life can be established on just one other World, then it likely exists on trillions of others. How many "revealed religions" could there be across space and time?
I think I will not insult alien intelligences i’ve never met with accussasion as vile as to insinuate they could have perpetrated their own version of jesusism or muhammudism.
To think that our species could be an outlier to the vast majority who have no religion?
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RE: Total stars in Universe is rougly equal to the total number (ever) of human cells.
April 29, 2018 at 6:52 pm
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(April 29, 2018 at 5:37 pm)Jehanne Wrote: (April 29, 2018 at 12:34 pm)Anomalocaris Wrote: I think I will not insult alien intelligences i’ve never met with accussasion as vile as to insinuate they could have perpetrated their own version of jesusism or muhammudism.
To think that our species could be an outlier to the vast majority who have no religion?
To say we are an outlier implies we nonetheless still rightfully belong in the same set.
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