What a Coincidence
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Daily Wisdom – Motivational Podcast – Day 111 – Inspiration: Above and Beyond
Until recently, astronomers thought that there were 100 sextillion stars, but now, according to a new study, there may be three times that, as many as 300 sextillion stars.
Now, how did the scientists manage to overlook so many stars? It’s not like misplacing some grains of sand.
Here’s how it happened; scientists looked at our galaxy, the Milky Way, and its spiral in shape, and they assume that all galaxies had the same ratio of red dwarfs. Red dwarfs are the most common kind of stars and they’re similar to our own. But, a third of the galaxies are elliptical, not spiral. Elliptical galaxies have more red dwarf stars than predicted, 10 or even 20 times more. (more…)
