The Ancient Dream, Astronomy And The Cemetery Silence of Heaven

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• Tekonline.org 9 years ago

  "twinkle, twinkle LITTLE STAR, how I wonder what you are...." to
  "twinkle, twinkle BIGGER STAR, now I know you are a ball of gases. ...."
  
  Yep. More like a ball of monstrous hydrogen bombs.
  
  Our own Milky Way galaxy has ...
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  "twinkle, twinkle LITTLE STAR, how I wonder what you are...." to
  "twinkle, twinkle BIGGER STAR, now I know you are a ball of gases. ...."
  
  Yep. More like a ball of monstrous hydrogen bombs.
  
  Our own Milky Way galaxy has about 300 BILLIONS of them.
  The nearest star, being our beloved Sun. But the next nearest star after the sun, sooooooo far away! If you were to travel at a speed of 1 million miles a day, it would still take you 72,000 years to reach the nearest star!
  
  I never cease to be amazed.

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• Yaw 9 years ago

  I have enjoyed this article. But I still wonder if there is limit to this unfathomably large expanse. May be God lives at the very tip end.

  I have enjoyed this article. But I still wonder if there is limit to this unfathomably large expanse. May be God lives at the very tip end.

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• Tekonline.org 9 years ago

  Good question, Yaw.
  
  "Unfathomably large" might still be too miniscule!
  
  All those 300 billion stars are in just ONE galaxy - our own Milky Way. There are billions of other galaxies, each with several billions of stars. ...
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  Good question, Yaw.
  
  "Unfathomably large" might still be too miniscule!
  
  All those 300 billion stars are in just ONE galaxy - our own Milky Way. There are billions of other galaxies, each with several billions of stars.
  
  AND YET, all that visible stuff -- stars, planets, moons, comets, people, buildings, cars, etc -- constitutes just 4 percent of the whole show. The remaining 96% percent, still mostly is a mystery to mankind, being called DARK MATTER/DARK ENERGY.

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• Seshie, Stanley 9 years ago

  That is a good question, man.
  A good question, we shall chase with our curiosity via the scientific exploration.
  
  In our generation, curiosity never kills the cat, lol

  That is a good question, man.
  A good question, we shall chase with our curiosity via the scientific exploration.
  
  In our generation, curiosity never kills the cat, lol

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• Kwame 9 years ago

  Stanley Seshi that is superb...

  Stanley Seshi that is superb...

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